. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. . Claw and head of Uradi/omis mariquensis. liange. Confined to Africa. Ketj to the Sjjecies. a. Upper surface ashy or clear brown, not black. a'. Above light brown, uniform ; under surface duU white ; imder wing-coverts white mariquensis, p. 308. 6'. Above light brown, uniform ; under wing- coverts light fawu-colour ; throat white. a". Breast pale fawn-buff; under tail-coverts whitish, washed with liglit fawn-buff .... palUdus, p. 310. b". Breast ashy fulvous; under tail-coverts clear fawn-colour modestus, p. 310. c'. Above olive-brown;


. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. . Claw and head of Uradi/omis mariquensis. liange. Confined to Africa. Ketj to the Sjjecies. a. Upper surface ashy or clear brown, not black. a'. Above light brown, uniform ; under surface duU white ; imder wing-coverts white mariquensis, p. 308. 6'. Above light brown, uniform ; under wing- coverts light fawu-colour ; throat white. a". Breast pale fawn-buff; under tail-coverts whitish, washed with liglit fawn-buff .... palUdus, p. 310. b". Breast ashy fulvous; under tail-coverts clear fawn-colour modestus, p. 310. c'. Above olive-brown; under wing-coverts yel- lowish buff, the throat and breast also pale yellowish buff: abdomen whitish xooodwardi, p. 311. d'. Above ashy chocolate ; under wing-coverts also ashy brown like the breast and throat, the latter being a little paler cliocolatina, p. 311. b. Upper surface black. e'. Below white. e". Lower back and rump black silens, p. 312. d". Lower back and mmp white sener/alensis, p. 313. /'. Below black. a'". General colour glossy blue-black above and below ; quills deep black below, rather browner on the inner web ater, p. 314. b'". General colour dull black, rather asliy in appearance; inner linings of quills ashy black, the inner webs light ashy diabolicus, p. 314. 1. Bradyornis mariquensis*. Bradornis mariquensis, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. pi. cxiii.; £p. Consp. i. p. 267. * A second species. Brndi/nrni^ mnjnr. is named hy Bonaparte (Oonsp. 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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