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Genus Euprinodes, nobis. 

 Size small, bill rather long, slightly curved, nostril large, wings short, first 

 quill spurious, fourth and fifth longest and nearly equal, tail rather long, gra- 

 duated, legs moderate, slender. More nearly related to Prinia, (P. familiaris) 

 than to either of the preceding species of Drymoica. 



53. Eppkinodes rufogularis, (Fraser.) 



Drymoica rufogularis, Frazer, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1843, p. 17. 



Fraser, Zool. Typ. pi. 42, fig. 1. 



A very pretty and well marked little bird now for the first time received 

 from the Camma. Mr. Fraser's figure seems to represent a bird not mature, 

 but the species is easily recognized by its rufous throat and white tail 

 feathers. 



54. Euprinodes olivaceus, (Strickland.) 



Prinia olivacea, Strickl. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1844, p. 99. 

 The species to which I apply this name is labelled by Mr. Duchaillu as dis- 

 tinct, but no one of several specimens is mature, though agreeing precisely 

 with the description cited above. I am not without a suspicion that this bird 

 is the young of the preceding. From the Camma. 



55. Euprinodes schistaceus, nobis. 



Strictly congeneric with the two preceding. Head, breast and entire upper parts 

 bluish cinereous, with a slight tinge of olive on the back; abdomen, under wing 

 coverts and under tail coverts, white. Quills brownish black, four middle tail 

 feathers brownish black, with obscure tranverse narrow stripes of a darker 

 shade of the same color, four external tail feathers on each side, pure white, 

 bill black, legs light colored. Total length about 4^ inches, wing If, tail 2 

 inches. 



Hab. River Camma, Western Africa. Discovered by Mr. P. B. Duchaillu. 



The preceding three species are very similar in their general organization, 

 and form a very natural group. All have the outer tail feathers white. The 

 present species is easily recognized by the entire head and upper breast being 

 bluish ashy, which color is abruptly succeeded by white on the lower part of 

 the breast. One specimen only, labelled as an adult male, is in the collection 

 from the Camma. 



56. Camaroptera tincta, (Cassin.) 



Syncopta tincta, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philada. vii. p. 325, (1855.) 

 The adult is described by me as above. In the present collection are speci- 

 mens that we regard as the young, and so different from the adult that for the 

 first time we perceive this to be rather a difficult species. Young. Upper 

 parts yellowish olive green, under parts cinereous, mixed with yellow on the 

 breast and sides, tibise greenish ochre yellow, under wing coverts and edge of 

 wing at shoulder, dull yellow. Younger. Entire plumage yellowish olive 

 green, paler on the under parts and nearly white on the abdomen, tibiae brown- 

 ish ochre yellow, edge of wing and under coverts yellow. The last plumage 

 much resembles that of C. concolor, Hartlaub. 



From the Camma and formerly from the Muni and Cape Lopez. 



57. Camaroptera superciliaris, (Fraser.) 



Sylvicola superciliaris, Fraser, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 440, 1843. 



Prinia icterica, Strickland, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1844, p. 100. 

 Evidently the bird described by both of the authors here cited, but only 

 ascertained to belong to this genus on inspection of the original specimen by 

 Dr. Hartlaub. (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1858, p. 470). A single specimen 

 from the Camma. 



58. Camaroptera caniceps, nobis. 



About the size of C. tincta, but rather smaller than C. superciliaris, and 

 strictly congeneric with both species. Head above and cheeks light cinereous, 

 other upper parts yellowish olive. Breast with a wide transverse band of 



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