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Show 1873.] OF THE ETHIOPIAN REGION. 593 Cuculus klaasii, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. viii. p. 230 (1817) ; Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Me'th. iii. p. 1333 (1823); Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 9 (1823); Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 43 (1868). Chalcites klasii, Less. Traite, p. 153 (1831). Chalcites klassii, Sw. B. W . Afr. ii. p. 189, pl. 21 (1837). Chrysococcyx clasii, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 96 (1845); Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 48 (1856); "id. Peterm. Mitth. 1861, p. 26. Cuculus klasii, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 463 (1847); Schl. Mus. P. B. Cuculi, p. 30 (1864). Chrysococcyx klaasi, Bp. Consp. p. 105 (1850); J. & E. Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1855, p. 270; Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 265; Finsch, J. f. O. 1867, p. 248; Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. p. 327 (1867); Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. ii. p. 46 (1868); Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 520 (1870); Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss, p. 314 (1870); Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 58; Gurney, ed. Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 229 (1872). Chrysococcyx claasii, Hartl. Orn. W . Afr. p. 190 (1857); Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 247; Heugl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 265; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 13 (1871); Heugl. Orn. N. O. Afr, p. 778 (1871). Lamprococcyx klaasi, Cab. & Heine, Mus. Hein. Th. iv. p. 12 (1862); Heine, J. f. O. 1863, p. 351. Lamprococcyx resplendens, Heine, J. f. O. 1863, p. 350. Chalcites klaasii, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 250 (1867). Adult male.-Above metallic green, changing with the light to fiery bronze and golden green ; the sides of the face and of the neck as well as the wings coloured like the back and subject to the same reflexions ; under surface of quills greyish brown, very numerously and distinctly notched on the inner web with white; four middle tail-feathers golden green, with a slight coppery reflexion, especially towards the tips, the other feathers white, with a spot of golden green near the tip of the outer web, and three or four of the same colour on the inner web; under surface of body pure white, with a few broad longitudinal streaks of golden green on the upper thigh-feathers, the sides of the upper breast also bright golden-green, like the back ; " bill dusky ; legs pale ; feet brownish olive ; iris brown ; orbit very pale green" (Blanford). Total length 7*0 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 4*1, tail 3*2, tarsus 0*55. Female.-Above brown, the head uniform ; interscapulary region barred with dull rufous; rest of the upper surface barred with dull rufous and metallic green, broader and more distinct on the wing-coverts, narrower and less plain on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts; quills brown, the secondaries coloured like the back, the primaries notched externally with pale rufous, under surface of quills ashy brown, deeply notched with pale rufous on the inner web ; tail brown, with a subterminal spot of coppery green on the centre feathers, the next one glossed with copper-colour, and notched externally with pale rufous, the three outermost white, with a conspicuous spot of coppery green near the tip, and more or less remains of pale rufous notches and brown bars on the inner webs ; ear-coverts P R O C . Z O O L . Soc-1873, No. XXXVIII. 38 |
