5. BEBR0ENI8. 103 



vent, the sides of the neck and sides of breast olivaceous brown ; 

 under wing-coverts light yellow ; wing-coverts above brown, washed 

 with olivaceous like the back ; quills dark brown, the secondaries 

 edged with olivaceous, inclining to j-eilowish white on the outer 

 margin of the primaries ; tail-feathers brown, narrowly margined 

 with olivaceous, the outer ones slightly tipped with white ; bill 

 horn-brown in skin, the lower mandible )'ellow ; feet flesh} brown 

 in skin. Total length 5-S-6-3 inches, culmeu 0-6-0'65, wing 2-35- 

 2-45, tail 2-85-3, tarsus 0-85-0-95. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male, but rather smaller. 

 Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-G5, wing 2-25-2-35, tail 2-8-2-9, 

 tarsus 0'85. 



The difference m coloration in the Museum series is not very great, 

 ranging from a dark olive-brown to a clear olive or greyish brown ; 

 the shade of yellow also varied in individuals. 



Hab. Confined to the island of Rodriguez. 



a,b. (S 2 ad. sk. Rodriguez, Nov. 1874 Royal Society [P.]. 



(^Gidliver). 



c, d, e. S,f- ? ad. sk. Rodriguez (H. H. Slater'). Royal Society [P.'. 



g. Ad. sk. Rodriguez \H. H. Slater). Royal Society [P.'. 



h, i. Sternum. Rodriguez (H. H, Slater). Royal Society [P- ■ 



2. Bebrornis seychellensis. 



Ellisia sevcheUensis, Oustalet, Bull. Soc. P/iilom. Part's. (7) i. p. 102 



(1877): 



Adult male. General colour above olive-brown, rather greenish in 

 tint, the head slightly duller ; wing-coverts and quills dark brown, 

 narrowly edged with the same colour as the back, jjaler and more 

 yellow on the margins of the primaries ; tail-feathers dusky brown, 

 narrowly edged with olive-green, the outer ones tijjped Avith white, 

 whicli extends some little way up the edge of the inner web ; lores 

 and eyelid dull ashy, slightly tinged with yellow : ear-coverts olive- 

 greenish ; cheeks and throat white, washed with pale yellow ; re- 

 mainder of under surface of body light yellow, the sides of the breast 

 and iianks olive-brown, as also the thighs ; tinder tail-covcrts pale 

 yellow ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, slightly washed 

 with yellow ; quills light brown below, whitish along the edge of 

 the inner web. Total length 5-5 inches, cttlmen 0'7, wing 2'45, 

 tail 2-1, tarsus 1-05. 



Hab. Seychelles Archipelago. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Marianne Island, Seychelles. Paris Museum [P.]. 



