. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 15. ^lO 15. MELfflNORNIS. ,jype_ Mclasomca, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 257 (1837, nee La- fresn.) ! M. edolioides. Melaenornis, Grai/. List Gen. li. ISJ-O, p. 3(5 M. Wing of Mclanor-nis edolioides. Ranije. Couliued to Africa. 1. Melsenornis edolioides. Melasoma edolioides, Sumins. B. W. Afr. i. p. 257, pi. 29; Allen ^• Thorns. Exp. Niger, ii. p. 42. Melteuomis edolioides, Gray, List Gen. B. 1840, p. 3G; id. Gen. B. i. p. 288; Bp. Consp. i. p. 350; Cah. 3Lts. Tlcin. Th. i. p. 54; Heuql. Sijst. Ucbers. p. 32 ; Hartl. Orn. W.
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 15. ^lO 15. MELfflNORNIS. ,jype_ Mclasomca, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 257 (1837, nee La- fresn.) ! M. edolioides. Melaenornis, Grai/. List Gen. li. ISJ-O, p. 3(5 M. Wing of Mclanor-nis edolioides. Ranije. Couliued to Africa. 1. Melsenornis edolioides. Melasoma edolioides, Sumins. B. W. Afr. i. p. 257, pi. 29; Allen ^• Thorns. Exp. Niger, ii. p. 42. Melteuomis edolioides, Gray, List Gen. B. 1840, p. 3G; id. Gen. B. i. p. 288; Bp. Consp. i. p. 350; Cah. 3Lts. Tlcin. Th. i. p. 54; Heuql. Sijst. Ucbers. p. 32 ; Hartl. Orn. p. 102 ; id. J. f. O. 18G1, p. 70; Gray,Hand-l. B. i. p. 288; HeiKjl. Orn. Afr. p. 427 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 28. Argya edolioides, Lafresn. in D'Orb. Diet, d'llist. Kat. ii. p. 12G. Muscicapa lugiibris, Vo7i 3Iiil/er, Beitr. Orn. Afr. Taf. ii. MelsBnornis melas, Ileiujl. Si/st. Uehers. p. 32. Melasoma nigerrima, Pr. Wilrt. Naum. 1857, p. 433; Hcugl. J. f. O. 1807, p. 290. Melauopepla lugubris, Hartl. O. 1859, p. 323. Melfeiiornis iutermedia, Hettgl. J. f. O. 18G2, p. 303. Adult male. General colour glossy black above, with somewhat of an ashy lustre; quills and tail black, glossy on the edges of the feathers; under surface of body rather more ashy black than the upper, the quills clearer ash-colour towards the bases of the inner webs; " bill and feet black ; iris brown, in some yellow " (Heur/Jin). Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3'7. tail 4, tarsus 9. Adult female. Greyer and somewhat smaller (Harihtub). Obs. This species has probably a llobin-like young plumage, as a specimen in the Museum still preseiwes remains of fulvous tips to the wing-covcrts. Ilab. Western and iN'orth-eastern Africa. a. Ad. st. West Africa. 6, c. Ad. sk. Iviver Gambia. Purchased. --/. Ad. sk. River Gambia. Tec. 24, 1804. ]{. B. Sliarpe, Esq. r. .\d. sk. -Vccra (J. Smith). R. B Shpipe, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images th
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