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back and rump more rufous-brown ; lesser and median wing-coverts 

 ashy grey, with a few white spots on the outermost ; greater coverts 

 ashy, paler on the outer web, the inner ones washed with brown ; 

 bastard wing black, the feathers broadly tipped with white ; primary- 

 coverts black ; quills blackish, externally margined with hoary 

 whitish ; the bases of the primaries white, forming a large alar 

 speculum ; the secondaries brown, like the inner greater coverts ; 

 upper tail-coverts rufous, slightly washed with grey at the tip ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, tipped with white, increasing in extent towards 

 the outermost, which are also edged with white for a considerable 

 distance up outer web : crown of head a little more dusky than the 

 back ; lores blackish, surmounted by a distinct white eyebrow, which 

 is again separated from the crown by another lino of black ; feathers 

 round' the eye and below it white, the latter followed by a blackish 

 spot ; ear-coverts light brown ; cheeks white, extending onto the 

 sides of the neck ; throat white, separated from the cheeks by a 

 moustachial streak of black, widening out on the sides of the 

 lower throat and becoming grey in colour ; fore neck and chest 

 orange-rufous ; breast and abdomen white ; sides of body and flanks 

 orange-rufous ; thighs and under tail-coverts white ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries white, the outer ones blackish, tipped with 

 white ; quills below ashy ; inner edge of quills paler, with a large 

 patch of white at base of inner web ; bill black ; " legs clear grey- 

 ish blue, claws brownish ; iris brown " (FiscJwr). Total length 

 o-o inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-1, tail 2-8, tarsus 1. (3his. Berol.) 

 Hah. Zanzibar district, East Africa. 



13. Cossypha leucosticta. (Plate I.) 



Adult. General colour above olive-brown, the lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coverts deep chestnut-red ; scapulars greyish ; the 

 wing-covcrts black, washed with grey, the outermost of the median 

 series with a distinct white spot ; primary-coverts black ; quills 

 black, edged with grey, inclining to white on the primaries ; the 

 secondaries more olive, and tipped with pale rufous ; the base of the 

 outer web of the primaries white, forming a distinct alar speculum ; 

 tail greyish black, tipped with white, the centre feathers washed 

 with olive ; over the eye a distinct white streak, surmounted by 

 another blackish line fringing the crown ; ear-coverts grey ; the lores 

 blackish, with a ring of white feathers round the eye ; cheeks and 

 throat white, with a narrow moustachial line of black ; rest of 

 under surface reddish fulvous, the chest and under tail-coverts white ; 

 under wing-coverts white, the edge of the wing black. Total length 

 6-5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-2, tail 2-9, tarsus 1-1. 



Hah. West Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Accra. E. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 



