10. BKADTPTEEtlS. 113 



b'. Sides of breast lip-lit oranp-e-bro-nn like the 

 flanks ; tail-featlit-rs lip-ht nddisli brown 

 like the upper tail-coverts ; chest not 



streaked cinnamomens, p. 11-).. 



b. Under tail-coverts dark olive-brown, lighter 

 on their margins. 



c'. Throat and breast always distinctly spotted 

 and .streaked ; upper surface reddish choco- 

 late bavrcttti, p. llo. 



d' . Throat slightly mottled with dark edges to 



the feathers; chest uniform ashy brown . . sylvatims, p. 115. 



1. Bradypterus brachypterus. 



Le Pavaneur, Levaill. Ois. (rAfr,n\. p. 04, pi. 122 (1802); Stmdcv. 



Krit. Framst., Levuill. p. t:!8. 

 Sylvia brachyptera, Tieill. N. Diet. dHist. Nat. si. p. 206 (1817). 

 Bradvpterus platyuru.s, Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 241 (1837) ; Layard, 



B.'S. Afr. p. 10] (1867). 

 Drymoica brachyptera, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 163 (1848). 

 Bradypterus brachypterus, ^/?. Consp. i. p. 280(1850); Cab. Mii.". 



Hern. Th. i. p. 43, note ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B.-p. 33 (ls71); id. ed. 



Layard B. S. Afr. p. 286(1876); SecboJim, Ibis, 1878, p. 381; 



Ay res, t. c. p. 408 ; Butler, Feilden 8,- Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 245. 

 Bradvpterus sylvaticus (nee Stmdev.), Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 146; 



Layard, B. k Afr. p. 101 (1867) ; id. Ibis, 1809, p. 366 ; Ayres, 



Ibis, 1871, p. 153; Boeaye, Orn. Anyola, p. 554 (1881). 

 Calamody ta brachyptera, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 209, no. 2960 (1869). 



Adult male. General colour above dark nifous-browTi, the riifous 

 slightly more pronounced on the rump and i;pper tail-coverts ; wings 

 l)lackish brown, the coverts conspicuously lighter edged with fulvous- 

 brown, especially distinct on the ])rimary-coverts and the outermost 

 of the greater series ; tail blackish brown, all the feathers exter- 

 nally washed with rufous-brown, the outer ones having conspicuous 

 lighter brown tips, the centre feathers more rufescent, all the rec- 

 trices obscurely waved under certain lights ; lores dull whitish, with 

 a dusky spot in front of the eye, round the eye a ring of whiti.sh 

 feathers ; car-coverts greyish brown with whitish shaft-streaks ; 

 cheeks biifty white mottled with brown ; sides of neck paler brown 

 than the back ; throat and centre of the body white ; the sides of 

 the body rufescent brown, inclining to dull tawny on the thighs 

 and under tail-coverts ; lower throat with a few tiny longitudinal 

 streaks of dusky brown ; upper breast slightlj- washed with brown ; 

 under wing-coverts whitish, the outermost mottled with brown 

 bases to the feathers; the inner lining of the quills ashy brown, 

 with paler margins near the base of the inner webs ; " bill dark 

 slatc-coloiir ; feet and legs pale: iris dusky hazel " (MS. ticket on 

 specimen). Total length 5"7 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-2o, tail 

 2'6, tarsus 0*85. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 5'5 inches, 

 cuimon 0*6, wing 2-2, tail 2-55, tarsus 0"85. 



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