O. PHTLUJLAIS. 149 



4. DRYMOCICHLA. j^^^ 



Diymocichla, Hard. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 026 D. incana. 



Range. Central Africa. 



1. Drymocichla incana. 



Dr jmocichla incana, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 627, pi. Is. ; id. Abhandl. 

 not. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 90 (1881) ; id. op.cit. viii. p. 180 (1882). 



Adult female (Magungo, Nov. 22, 1879 ; Emin Bey). General 

 colour above delicate blue-grey, a little darker on the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts like the back ; bastard 

 wing and primary-coverts darker, with ashy-grey margins ; quills 

 dusky brown, the inner secondaries externally ashy, the primaries 

 with a conspicuous patch of light rufous or tawny, formed by the 

 rufous bases to these feathers ; tail-feathers ashy grey ; base of 

 forehead, lores, and eyelid white ; ear-coverts delicate blue-grey like 

 the back ; cheeks, throat, and centre of breast pure white ; fore neck, 

 breast and sides of body, flanks and under tail-coverts delicate 

 blue-grey; thighs light tawny buff; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts like the breast, the lesser series pale tawny, edged with 

 white ; quills dusky below, ashy along the edge of the inner web, 

 with a tawny patch at the base of the primaries ; " iris dark or grey ; 

 feet reddish " {Emin Bey). Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-55, 

 wing 2-3, tail 2-1, tarsus' 0-S. {Mus. G. E. Shdlei/.) 



Hah. Central Africa : Magungo at the head of the Albert Nyanza. 



5. PHYLLOLAIS. Typ^ 



Phvllolais, Hartl. Ahhandl. naK Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 90 



(1881) P. pulcheUa. 



Bill of Phyllolain pidchella. 

 Range. Northeastern Africa. 



1. Phyllolais pulcheUa, 



Malurus pulchellus, Cre/zschm. in Ri'tpp. Atlas, pi. 35' (1826). 

 Jh-ymoica pukliella, Riipp. !Sijd. Uehers. p. 56 (1845); Bp. Consp. i. 



