42 ■ TrSTELITD^. 



Acbdt. General colour above grey, stronglj' marked with olive- 

 brown on the back and scapulars, and shading off into orange on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts, the latter being bright orange ; 

 two centre tail-feathers blackish, the rest bright orange, the external 

 one blackish on the outer web ; wings dark brovni, the feathers ex- 

 ternallj- marked with grey, particularly distinct on the coverts ; 

 crown of head, as well as the lores, feathers round the eye, and the 

 ear-coverts black ; over the eye a broad white stripe extending from 

 the base of the bill to the sides of the nape ; cheeks, sides of neck, 

 and under surface of body deep orange, paler on the abdomen ; 

 round the hind neck a faintly indicated orange collar. Total length 

 7 inches, culmen 0'75, wing 3'45, tail 3, tarsus 1"2. 



Hab. Eastern Africa : Kitui in Ukamba. Western Africa, from 

 Loango to Eenguela. 



a. Ad. sk. River Congo. Commander Sperling [P.]. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Landana, Congo {Lu- M. A. Boxivier. 



can Sf Petit). 



c. 5 ad. sk. River Dande, Angola, J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



Apr. 25, 1869 (Sala). 



d. Ad. sk. River Dande, Angola, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Apr. 25, 1869 (&to). 



10. Cossypha semimfa. 



Petrocincla semirufa, Riqyp. Neue Wirb., Vog. p. 81 (1835). 



Cossypha nigrocapilla, Guerin, Rev. Zool. 1843, p. 162. 



Bessonornis semkufa, Riip]}. Si/st. TJehers. p. 60, pi. 21 (1845) ; Gi-ay, 



Gen. B. i. p. 220 (1847); Bp. Consp. i. p. 301 (1850) ; Horsf. &,- 



Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 189 (1854) ; Heugl. Sijst. Uebers. 



p. 29 (1856) ; Gray, Hancl-l. B. i. p. 265, no. 3875 (1869). 

 Cossypha semu-ufa, Guerin ^- Lafr. in Ferr. et Gaiin. Voij. Abyss, iii, 



p. 202, pi. 6 (1847); Heugl J. f. O. 1862, pp. 286,594, 1869, 



p. 147 ; Blanf. Geol. 8f Zool. Abyss, p. 360 (1870) ; Fimch, Trans. 



Zool. Soc. vii. p. 242 (1870) ; Atitin. ^ Salvad. Viagg. Bogos, p. 94 



(1873). 

 Bessornis semirufa, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 376; iv., Ai^p. p. ciii 



(1869). 



Adult. Above olive-brown, very slightly tinged with grey, the 

 head blackish ; from the base of the bill to the hinder part of the 

 ear-coverts a broad white eyebrow ; lores, feathers round eye, and 

 ear-coverts black ; wings light brown, the feathers margined with 

 greyish olive ; the wing-coverts olive, like the scapulars ; lower back, 

 rump, and under tail-coverts bright orange ; two centre tail-feathers 

 dark brown, the rest of the tail orange, with a narrow border of 

 brown near the tip of the outermost feather ; entire under surface 

 of body bright orange, the centre of the abdomen whitish ; under 

 wing-coverts orange ; " bill black : feet dusky ; iris umber-brown " 

 (^Heuglin). Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3-35, tail 3-2, 

 tarsus 1'2. 



Ohs. As in the case of other African Robin-Chats, there is great 



