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4. Erythropygia munda. 



Aedon leucophrys (non V.), Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 92 



(1872) ; Bocaye, Oni. Aiu/ola, p. 275 LSSI). 

 Tliaiunobia munda, Cah. Orn. Centra/hi. 1880, p. 143 ; id. J. f. O. 



1880, p. 419 ; Reichen. S^ Schalow, J. f. O. 1881, p. 423, Taf. iv. 



fig- 3. 

 Erythropj'gia munda, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 588. 



Adult male. General colour above light tawny rufous, shaded 

 ■with ashy on the back, clearer on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; 

 lesser wing-coverts ashy brown ; median, greater, and primary- 

 coverts blackish, broadly tipped with white ; quills dusky brown, 

 the primaries with a small basal spot of white and edged 

 with whitish, the secondaries externally white, the inner ones 

 edged with light tawny rufous ; upper tail-coverts light tawny 

 rufous like the rump ; tail-feathers blackish, margined with tawny, 

 and all but the centre ones tipped with white, increasing in ex- 

 tent towards the outermost, wliich is also edged externally with 

 white ; crown of head and hind neck light ashy brown : lores 

 and ej'ebrow white, separated from the crown by a narrow line of 

 dusky ; feathers round the eye white, except in front of the eye, 

 where it is also dusky like the spot in front of the eye ; feathers 

 below the eye white ; ear-coverts very pale, whity brown in front 

 and ashj- brown above and behind ; cheeks white, separated from 

 the eye by a streak of dusky blackish ; sides of neck ashy like the 

 hind neck ; throat white, separated from the cheeks by a broad 

 black moustache ; fore neck white, relieved by triangular spots of 

 dusky surrounding the throat as a dusky collar ; breast, sides of 

 body, and flanks light tawny without any streaks ; sides of body and 

 thighs white ; under tail-coverts buffy wliite ; quills light brown 

 below, the inner edge white. Total length 5*5 inches, culmen 0-7, 

 wing 2-8, tail 2-5, tarsus 1"1. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 5-8 

 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-8, tail 2-7, tarsus 1. 



Bab. South-western Africa from Angola to Damara Land. 



a. c^ ad. sk. Ovaquenyama, May 28, 1867 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(C, J. A.). 



b. cJ ad. sk. Ombongo, June 21, 18-59 (C. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



J. A.). 



5. Erythropygia paena. 



Erythropvgia paena. Smith, Report Exped. Cent. Afr., App. p. 46 

 (1836)"; id. III. Znol. iS. Afr. pi. 50 (1840) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1882, 

 p. 588. 

 Sylvia lactea, Licht. Verz. Samml. Sdug. u. Voqel Kaffernl. p. 13 



■ (1842). 

 Aedon paena, Grai/, Oen. B. i. p. 173 (1848); Bp. Consp. i. p. 286 

 (1850) ; Lai/ard, B. S. Afr. p. 99 (1867) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, 



