1. A PALIS. 139 



Hub. South Africa from the eastern districts of the Transvaal to 

 Natal, and thence along the southern countries of Africa to within 

 a short distance from Cape Town. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Kuysna, Dec. 2, 1865, E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(C J. Anderssoii). 

 h. Ad. sk. Grabamstowu {E. L. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Lai/ard). 



c. cJ ad. sk. Kingwilliamstown, May Capt.H.TrevelyanrP.l. 



21, 1877 (C. Newby). 



d. (S imm. sk. Natal {Ayres). F. D. Godman and 0. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



e. Ad.; /. (S ad. sk. Natal. Dr. Gueinziiis [C.]. 



g. Ad. sk. Macamac, June 18, 1874. F. A. Barratt, Esq. [C. 



h. $ ad. sk. Macamac, Nov. 20, 1874. F. A. Barratt, Esq. [0. 



i. S ad, sk. Macamac, Dec. 16, 1874. F. A. Barratt, Esq. [C. 



k. Ad. St. South Africa. Zoological Societv. 



2. Apalis cerviniventris. (Plate III.) 

 Apalis cerviniventris, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 22. 



Adult female'^ (type of species). General colour above brown, the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts slightly rufous buti'; wing-coverts like 

 the back ; quills dark brown, externally washed with the same 

 colour- as the back ; tail brown, obscurely washed with dusky under 

 certain lights ; crown of head and nape black ; sides of face also 

 black ; cheeks and throat fiUvous ; a large patch of black on the 

 throat ; remainder of under surface of body cinnamon-buff, paler on 

 the centre of the abdomen ; thighs washed with brown ; under 

 wing-coverts like the breast ; bill black; feet brown in skin, with 

 the claws yellow. Total length 4-7 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2, 

 tail 1'85, tarsus 0-85. 



Another specimen, apparently a male, differs from the foregoing 

 example in having the throat black and the sides of the chest chest- 

 nut. Wing 2-2 inches. 



Hal). Gold Coast. 



a. [ 2 ] ad. sk. Gold Coast. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(Tvpe of species.) 



b. [d] ad. sk. Denkera (Aubinu). E. B". Sharpe, Esq. [P.], 



3. Apalis chariessa. 



Apalis chariessa, Eeichen. Or/i. Centralbl. 1879, p. 114; Fischer ^ 

 Reichen. J. f. O. 1879, p. 354; Sharpe, J.f. O. 1882, p. 346. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour- above glossy greenish 

 black ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back'; greater 

 coverts and bastard-wing feathers black, externally edged with 

 greenish black ; primary-coverts and quills black, with a white bar 

 down the wing formed by the white outer edges to the inner pri- 



