14G 



TlMF.LIlD.r.. 



g. (S ad. sk. 



fi. Juv. sk. 



J. cS ad. sk. 



k. cj ad. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 



m. 5 ad. ; M. 5 



var. sk. 

 o,p. (5 5 ad.sk. 



^. c? ad. hiem. sk. 

 ?•. Ad. hiem. sk. 



s. c? ad. sk. vix 



sestiv. 

 /. (5 ad. sk. 



u. 2 ad. sk. 



V. 2 ad. hiem. sk. 



w. Ad. hiem. sk. 



British Caffraria, July 1877 



(F. A. Barratt). 

 British Caftraria, Jan. 26, 



1877 (F. A. Barratt). 

 Natal {T. Ay res). 



Natal (T. Ay res). 



Natal. 



Natal. 



riiietowD, Natal, May 26, 



1870 ( T. L. Ayres). 

 Transvaal (7". Ayres). 

 Crocodile river, Transvaal, 



July (F. Gates). 

 Potchefstroom, Jan. 16, 



1877 ( W. Lucas). 

 Potehefstrooni, July 1876 



( W. Lucas). 

 Rustenberg, May 15, 1877 



( W. Lucas). 

 Elephant Mey, Sept. 21, 



1859 ( a J. Andersson). 

 Elephant Vley, Oct. 7, 1859 



(C. J. A.). 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



B. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 J. H. Gurney, Esq. [P.]. 

 Thomas Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 

 Dr. Gueinzius [0.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



W. E. and C. G. Gates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Dr. H. Exton [P.]. 



Dr. H. Exton [P.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



2. Dryodromas melanura. 



Dryodromas melanurus. Cab. J.f. 0. 1882, p. 349. 



Adult male (Angola ; Schiitt : type of species). General colour 

 above dark slafcj' grey, the mantle washed with brown ; lesser and 

 median wing-coverts like the back, the greater series, primary-coverts, 

 and bastard-wing feathers dusky with pale brown margins ; quills 

 dusky with pale brown margins, the primaries blacker than the 

 secondaries ; upper tail-coverts a little more ashy brown than the 

 back ; tail-feathers black, edged and tipped with ashy ; head and 

 nape rufous ; lores, feathers round the eye, cheeks and throat 

 yellowish white ; ear-coverts light rufous ; remainder of under 

 surface white ; sides of breast reddish brown ; flanks slightly washed 

 with ashy ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills dusky 

 below, yellowish along the edge of the inner web. Total length 

 4*2 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 1-9, tail 2-05, tarsus 0-7. {Mus. 

 Berol.) 



Hah. Angola. 



3. Dryodromas rufifrons. 



Prinia rufifrons, Rilpp. Neue Wirb., Vog. p. 110, pi. 41. fig. 1 (1835- 

 40). 



Drymoica rvAh'ons, Riqip. Syst. Uebers. p. 56 (1845) ; Grai/, Gen. B. 

 i. p. 163 (1848); Bp. Consp.i. p. 283(1850); Heuc/l. Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 340 ; id. J. f. O. 1862, p. 39 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 199, no. 2777 

 (1869) ; Hetigl. Ibis, 1869, p. 87; Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 231 

 (1870) ; id. ^- Hart/. Vog. Ostafr. p. 234 (1870). 



Cysticola (?) rufifrons, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 22 (1856). 



