9. PHLEXIS. Ill 



ney, Ibis, 1863, p. 323 ; Jlartl. Ibig, 1866, p. 140; Ifetiffl. Ibis, 

 18G9, p. 81; id. Oni. N.O.-Afi: p. 273, tab. ix. (1869); Shelkij, 

 Ibis, 1875, p. 71 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard B. S. Afr. p. 283 (1876). 



Bradvpterus bre-v-irostris, Snnd. K Vet.-Akad'. Fork. Stockh. 1850, 

 p. 483, 



Cettia apicalis, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Berol. p. 29 (1854). 



Spheuceacus alexiiipe, Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 166. 



Drvmoica apicalis, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 96, no. 173 (1867) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. i. p. 20i, no. 2833 (1869). 



Calamodyta brevirostiis, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 209, no. 2958 (1869). 



Schoenicola apicalis, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 921. 



Adult. Above light tawny brown, rather darker on the head and 

 inclining to ashj' brown on the sides of the neck : wings brown, the 

 least wing-coverts uniform with the back, the rest of the coverts and 

 the quills externally margined with the same tawny brown as the 

 back, becoming paler towards the tips of the primaries ; upper tail- 

 coverts very long and broad, resembling the tail in texture, and of 

 a deep brown colour like the middle tail-feathers, the remainder of 

 the latter blackish, obscurely waved with dusky under certain lights, 

 and tipped with dull whitish ; lores and a faint eyebrow ashy grey ; 

 sides of face light brown, with paler shaft-streaks to the ear- 

 coverts ; throat and cheeks white, washed with yellowish on the 

 hinder margin of the latter ; rest of under siirface of body white in 

 the centre, the breast and sides as well as the flanks light tawny 

 buff; thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts light brown, the latter 

 rather darker; under wing-coverts whitish washed with buff; 

 lower surface of quills pale ashy brown, with an almost impercep- 

 tible lighter edging along the inner web ; upper mandible black, the 

 lower one grey ; legs flesh-colour ; iris brown. Total length 5'8 

 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-4, tail 3-35, tarsus 0-8. 



Ohs. Mr. Ayres (' Ibis,' 1863, p. 323) gives the soft parts as fol- 

 lows : — " Iris light hazel : upper mandible of bill very dark ashy 

 brown; under mandible light ash-colour; nostrils large and oval ; 

 tarsi and feet palish brown." 



Hah. Gazelle River in N.E. Africa. Natal. 



a, b. S ad. sk. Pinetown, Natal, March 16 & E. B. Sharpe,Esq. fP.l. 

 22,1875 {T.L.Aijres). 



9. PHLEXIS. ^^ 



Phlexis, Ilartl. Ibis, 1866, p. 139 P. victorini. 



Ennge. Confined to South Africa. 



1. Phlexis victorini. 



Bnidvpterus victorini, Sundev. in Grill's Zool. Anteckn. p. 30, note 



(1857); Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 101 (1867). 

 Phlexis lavanii, //«/•//. His, 1816, p. 139, pi. 6; Sharjw, Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 33 (1871) 



