1. APALIS. 137 



outstretched feet extending far 



beyond the tip of the tail 7. Sylviella, p. 153. 



d". Tail longer ; outstretched feet only 

 reaching to the tail, scarcely beyond 

 it and sometimes not so far. 

 a'". Xasal apertiu'e linear ; the over- 

 hanging membrane bare. 

 a*. Wings very long, the distance 

 between the tip of the wing and 

 the tip of the tail not more than 

 the cidmeu in length ; culmen 



shorter than the head 8. Eeemomela, p. lo7. 



b^. Wings not quite so long, falhng 

 short of the tail by more than 

 the length of the culmen; cul- 

 men equal to the head 9. Camaroptera, 



b'". Nostril witli a Lirge membrane, [p. 106. 



swollen in front and open behind ; 

 superior membrane feathered along 



its upper ridge 10. Hylia, p. 171. 



ff'. Tarsus perfectly plain 11. Stiphrorxis, p. 173. 



1. APALIS. ^^^^ 



Apalis, Swains. Zool. Illustr. 2nd series, iii. pi. 119 



(183-'-33) A. thoracica. 



Eminia, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 625 A. lepida. 



Foot oi Apalis thoracica, to show proportions of toes. 

 Eange. Africa. 



Keu to the Species. 



a. With no black crescentic mark round the 

 nape, 

 a'. Crown of head grey or olive-green ; 

 back olive-gi-een ; throat white, tinged 

 with yellow ; abdomen pale yellow ; 

 acrossthe fore neck a baud of black . . thoracica, p. 138. 

 b'. Crown of head black ; back brown ; 

 under surface cinnamon-buif. 

 a". Throat black, as well as fore neck ; 



sides of latter chestnut cerviniventris S , P 139. 



b". Throat fidvescent ; fore neck with a 



black patch cerviniventris $ , p. 139. 



c'. Crown of head and upper surface black ; 

 fore neck and lower throat also black ; 

 chin white ; abdomen yellow, with a 

 pectoral band of cinnamon chariessa, p. 139. 



