5. riNAROCHROA. 19 



3. Pentholaea melaena. 



Saxicola meljena, RUpp. Nme Wirb. Voff. p. 77, pi. 28. fig. 2 (18.35) ; 



id. Si/sf. Uebers. p. 58 (1845) ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 27 (1856). _ 

 Thaninobia melsna, Graij, Gen. B. i. p. 185 (1846) ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 298 (1850) ; Blanf. Geol. <§■ Zool. Abyss, p. 361 (1870). 

 Pentliola?a melsena, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 40, note (1850) ; Heugl. 



Oni. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 364 (1869). 

 Saxiciila melas," Heugl. J. f. O. 1869, p. 153 ; Gray, Hatid-l. B. i. 



p. 226, no. 3226(1869). 

 Thamnolsea melaena, Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 235 (1870). 



Adult male. Entirely sooty black above and below ; quills and 

 tail blackish, the primaries with two thirds, the outer ones with half 

 of the inner web white, showing conspicuously when the wing is 

 opened ; " bill and feet blackish ; iris dusky " (Heiu/lin). Total 

 length 6'8 inches, culmen O'Oo, wing 3*55, tail 2-55, tarsus 1"15. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 6 inches, 

 culmen 0-7, wing 3-5o, tail 2-5, tarsus I'l. 



Bab. N.E.Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Shoa (Harris). India Museum. 



b. c? ad. sk. Senafe, 7500 feet, Feb. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



26, 1878. 



c. $ ad. sk. Senafe, March 6, 1868. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



5. PINAROCHEOA. 



Type. 

 Pinarochroa, Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 4 (1872) P. sordida. 



Bill of Pinarochroa sordida. 



Ratige. Southern Spain ; N.W. Africa, from Morocco to Tunis 

 KE. Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Tail chestnut, two centre feathers blackish 



bro-«Ti ; rump and upper tail-feathers rufous. 



«'. Black above, with broad white streak above 



the ej'e extending down the side of the 



neck ; wings black, with a large patch of 



white, caused by the white outer base of 



all but the outer secondaries inoussieri (£ , p. 20. 



b' . Brown above, with no white eyebrow ; wings 

 brown, with no white patch on the prima- 

 ries moussieri J , p. 20. 



h. Tail white, tipped with brown ; two centre 



feathers brown sordida, p. 20. 



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