TIMELIID^. 



Key to the >S))<?«Vs. 



a. Willi no spots on the lireast, but a riog of blackish 



feathers enelosiiio' the throat, -which is bufi avcvafa, p. 70. 



h. With spots on the breast (/idtatu, p. 70. 



c. "With no spots on the breast, -which is nniform nshy 



grey nificauda, p. 71. 



1 . Cichladiisa arcuata. 



Cichladusa arquata, refers, Mo)iatsl. A-. Ahad. Berlin, 1864, p. .352 ; 



id. J. f. O. 1864, p. 352 ; Heuyl. Ibis, l8'o8, p. 280, pi. ix. fig. 1 ; 



Finsch ^ HartL Voq. Ostafr. p. 286 (1870). 

 Bradvornis spekei, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 105 ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 108. 

 Crateropus arquatus, Gray, Hand-h B. i. p. 281, rro. 4147 (1863). 

 Cichladusa arcuata, Sharpe, ed. Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 230 (1875). 



AduTt. Above fulvous-brown, inclining to ta-wny, the least wing- 

 coverts coloured like the back, the rest of the coverts chestnut, edged 

 "with fulvous-brown ; q-uills chestnut, inclining to blackish brown for 

 the terminal third; tail entiidy chestnut; head chestnut-brown, 

 rather darker than the back : an eyebrow extended to the hinder neck 

 light grej- ; checks and ear-coverts light ashy brown ; throat tawny 

 buff, surrounded by a narrow line of black, which runs as a moiista- 

 ehial streak from the lower mandible down the sides of the throat, 

 and joins on the fore neck ; rest of under surface of body tawny 

 buff, much deeper on the under wing-coverts ; upper breast greyish. 

 Total length 7*5 inches, culmen O'S, wing 3-45, tail 3-5, tarsus 

 1-15. 



Hiih. S.E. Africa : Zambesi Ecgion and Mozambique, ranging as 

 high as Uniamesi. 



a, h. Ad. sk. Mozambique. Purchased. 



c. Ad. sk. Sliupanga, Zambesi Livingstone Expedition. 



{Sir J. Kirli). 



d. Ad. sk. Mazzaro, Zambesi Livingstone Exptdition. 



{Sir J. Kirk). 



2. Cichladusa guttata. 



Crateropus guttalus. Ilevql. Syst. Uelers. p. 30 (1856) ; ITtuil. Orn, 

 W.-Afr. p. 272 (1867) ;' m'vc/l. J. f. O. 18C2, p. SOO. 



Cichladusa guttata, Peters, J. f. O. 1864, p. 352 ; JlevffL Ihis, 1868, 

 p. 281, pi. ix. fig. 2 ; id. bin. ^'.O.-Afr. p. 374 (1869); Fischer 

 ^■Peirhen.J. f. O. 1878, p. 268, 1879," p. 366; Hartl. Ahhandl. 

 Nat. Ver. Brenun, \ii. p. 92 (1881). 



Adult. General colour above fulvous-brown, washed with ashy; 

 ■wing- coveits like the back; bastard wing dusky brown; primary- 

 coveits dusky, externally fulvous-brown ; quills sepia-brown, all 



