20 TIMELIID3E, 



1. Pinarochroa sordida. 



Saxicola sordida, Riipp. Xeue Wirb. p. 75, pi. 26. fig. 2 f 1835) ; id. 



Sijst. Uebers. p. 58 (1845) ; Graij, Gen. B. i. p. 179 (1846) ; Heugl. 



Si/st. Uebers. p. 27 (1856) ; id. J. f. O. 1862, p. 293, 1869, p. 1C4 ; 



id. Orn. X.O.-Afr. p. 342 (1869); Gray, Haiid-l. B. i. p. 225, 



no. 3226 (1869)/ 

 Pratincola sordida, Blanf. Geol. 8f Zool. Abyss, p. 366 (1870). 

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



Adult male. General colour above earthy brown, a little more 

 dusky on the head, and slightly paler on the long feathers of the 

 rump : ■wing-coverts like the back, with rather paler brown edgings 

 to the greater coverts, bastard-wing feathers, and primary-coverts; 

 quills dark brown, edged with the same brown as the back ; upper 

 taU-coverts and four centre tail-feathers dark brown, the next 

 feather on each side white, brown at the tip and along the inner 

 web ; remainder of the tail-feathers white, brown at the tip of the 

 outer web, extending some distance along the end of the outer web 

 of the external feather ; lores and sides of the face brown, the ear- 

 coverts a little darker brown ; under surface of body also brown, the 

 throat, fore neck, and chest ashy brown ; the breast, abdomen, sides 

 of body, thighs, and under tail-coverts tinged with pale reddish brown, 

 the latter tipped narrowly with white : under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries like the breast ; qiulls brown below, the inner edge huffy 

 whitish ; " bill and feet black ; iris dusky." Total length 4-5 inches, 

 culmen 0-6, wing 2'55, tail 1"8, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Like the male in colour. Total length 5 inches, 

 culmen O'oo, wing 2*7, tail 1-9, tarsus 1"05. 



Eah. N.E. Africa. 



a. S ad. sk. Duga Pass, S. of Antalo, 10,500 W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



feet, Mav 8, 1868. [C.]. 



6. 5 ad. sk. Wadala plateau, April 21, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



1868. [G.J. 



2. Pinarochroa inoussieri. 



Erytliacus moussieri, Olph-GaUiard, Ann. Sec. d\iyric. Lyon, iv. 



pi. xi. (1852) ; id. JVatrm. 1852, pt. iii. p. 68, pi. 3. 

 Pratincola moussieri, Baldanius, J. f. O. 1853, Extrah. p. 7 ; Di.von, 



Ibis, 1882, p. 564. 

 Ruticilla moussieri, Bp. C. R, xxxviii. p. 8 (1854) ; Malh. Fame 



Alger, p. 14 (Ifcoo) ; Salvm, Ibis, 1859, p. 307; Tristr. t. c. p. 416; 



id. Ibis, 1860, p. .364, pi. xi. ; Sclater, t. c. p. 366, note ; Luche, 



Expl. Sci. Alger., Ois. i. p. 219 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 221, no. 3158 (1869) ; Giirney, Ibis, 1871, p. 81 ; Dresser, B. 



JEttr. ii. p. 301, pi. 45 (1873) : Irby, Ibis, 1873, p. 97; id. B. Gibr. 



p. 82 (1875). V. y, ,i', 



Adult male. General colour above black, with remains of rusty 

 edges to the feathers generally ; wing-coverts black ; quills black, 

 with a large wing-patch formed by the white on the outer web of 



