1-12 riMErilP.'E. 



2. Euprinodes olivaceus. 



Prinia olivacea, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1844, p. 99; Alleyi Sr Thomps. 



Exped. Myer, ii. p. 494 (1848). 

 Chloropeta olivacea, Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 17 ; id. Orn. Westafr. 



p. 00 (1857). 

 Euprinodes olivaceus, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 38 ; Hartl. 



J.f.O. 18til, p. 110. 

 Drymoica olivacea, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 201, no. 2837 (1869). 



? Adult (tj'pe of species). General colour above olive-greenish, the 

 head a little greyer, washed with olive-green like the back ; wing- 

 coverts and quills dull brown, edged with the same olive-green as 

 the back ; tail-feathers dusky brown, the four centre ones uniform, 

 edged with olive, the next two white, rather broadly edged with 

 brown along the outer web, the two outer feathers entirely white ; 

 lores, feathers above the eye, and eyelid pale yellow ; cheeks and sides 

 of face pale yellowish, washed with olive-green along the upper 

 margin ; under surface of body pale yellow, the abdomen whiter, 

 slightly washed with yellow like the under tail-coverts, Tender wing- 

 coverts, and axiUaries. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 1-8, 

 tail I'To, tarsus 0"65. 



Hah. West Africa : Fernando Po and Gaboon. 



a. Ad. sk. Fernando Po. L. Fraser, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Euprinodes scMstaceus. 



Euprinodes schistaceus, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 38; Hartl. 



J.f. O. 1861, p. 110. 

 Drymoica scliistacea, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 201, no. 2838 (1869). 



Adult male. Head, neck, and entire upper parts bluish cinereous, 

 with a slight tinge of olive on the back ; abdomen, under wing- 

 coverts, and under tail-coverts white ; quills brownish black, the 

 four middle tail-feathers brownish black, with obscure narrow 

 transverse stripes of a darker shade of the same colour, the 

 four external feathers on each side pure white ; bill black ; legs 

 light-coloured. Total length about 4| inches, wing 1|, tail 2. 



(C(ASS('/l, I. c.) 



Hab. Camma River. Gaboon. 



4. Euprinodes flavidus. 



Drymoeca flavida, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 148. 

 Drymoica flavida, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 203, no. 2862 (1869). 

 Dryodromas flavida, Finscli S( Hartl. Voy. Ostafr. p. 240 (1870) ; 



SJiarpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 34 (1871) ; Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. 



Ld. p. 96 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Laj/ard's B. S. Afr. p. 299 (1877). 

 Chlorodyta flavida, Sundev. Av. 3Ieth. Tent. p. 7 (1872). 



Adult male. Above yellowish green, rather brighter yellow on 

 the rump ; crown of head bluish grey, shaded with yellow towards 



