. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. . Head and wing of Diaphorophyia castanea r^ . Range. Confined to Western Africa. Key to the Species. a. Abdomen white. a'. Round the hind neck a white collar; rump white castanea c? , P- 140. b'. No white collar round the hind neck. a". Upper surface chestnut; head grey; throat chestnut castanea $ , p. 140. b". Upper surface glossy oreenish black, as also the throat; head uniform with the back. bfisseifi S, P- 141. b. Abdomen and entire under surface of body deep orange-chestnut concreta, p. 142. 1. Diaphorophyia castanea. Platystira c
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. . Head and wing of Diaphorophyia castanea r^ . Range. Confined to Western Africa. Key to the Species. a. Abdomen white. a'. Round the hind neck a white collar; rump white castanea c? , P- 140. b'. No white collar round the hind neck. a". Upper surface chestnut; head grey; throat chestnut castanea $ , p. 140. b". Upper surface glossy oreenish black, as also the throat; head uniform with the back. bfisseifi S, P- 141. b. Abdomen and entire under surface of body deep orange-chestnut concreta, p. 142. 1. Diaphorophyia castanea. Platystira castanea, Fraser, P. Z. 8. 1842, p. 141; Gray, Gen. B. i. p.'257; Allen Si- Thorns. Niqer, ii. p. 498; Fraser, Zool. Ti/p. pi. .34. fig. 2; Bp. Consp. i. p. 022. Platystira leucopygialis, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 142; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 25; Allen 4'- Thonis. Nic/er, ii. p. 499; Fraser, Zool. Ti/p. pi. 34. fig. 1; Bp. Consp. i. p. 322; StricM. Contr. Orn. 1851, p.' 163; J'erreatu; Per. et Maej. de Zool. 1851, p. .309; iid. op. cit. , p. 418; Hartl. Orn. p. 95; Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. , p. -50; Hartl. .7. f. O. 1861, p. 169; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 329; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 480; id. S. 1871, pp. 133, 610; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 43; Peicheiww, O. 1877, p. 22. Diaphorophyia leucopygialis, Bp. C. P. xxxviii. p. 353; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 201; Sharpe ^- Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1877, p, 479. Agromyias leucopygialis, Heine, O. 1861, p. 133. Diaphorophyia castanea, Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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