1 54 TIMELIIDJi:. 



Svlvietta nifescen8, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 39, note ; Ilartl. 

 ' J.f. O. 1861, p. 118 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 203, no. 2870 (1869) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 3o (1871) ; Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. 



p. 77 (1872) ; ' Ayres, Ibis, 1873, p. 281 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard B. S. 



Afr. p. 303 (187/") ; Ayres, Ibis, 1878, p. 286, 1880, p. 99 ; Sharpe, 



in Oates's Matabele Land, App. p. 310 (1881) ; Bocaye, Orn. Angola, 



p. 282 (1882) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 22o. 

 Sylvietta micnira (noji Riipp.), Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 265, 1868, 



p. 156 ; Bocaye, Jorn. Lisb. 1867, p. 136, 1868, p. 42 ; Shelley, Ibis, 



1875, p. 71 ; Gadoiv, J.f. O. 1876, p. 430. 



Adult. General colour above ashy grej', the wing-coverts uniform 

 ■with the back ; quills darker -brown, externally edged with the same 

 ashy grej' as the back, the inuerraost secondaries entirely of the 

 latter colour ; tail ashy grey, slightly tipped with dull fulvous ; lores 

 and a tolerably distinct eyebrow light tawny buff ; in front of the 

 eye a duskj- spot ; ear-coverts tawny buff, with narrow white shaft- 

 lines ; cheeks and rest of under surface of body tawny buif, paler on 

 the throat and inclining to creamy buff on the centre of the abdomen ; 

 thighs deep tawny, as also the under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts 

 ta-miy buff; " i rides yellowish brown ; upper mandible dusky, the 

 under mandible a purplish iiesh-colour, as also are the legs and toes " 

 (Aadersson). Total length '3 5 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2'45, tail 

 1, tarsus 0*74. 



Hab. South Africa, from the Karroo northwards to Angola on the 

 west coast and the Zambesi on the east. 



a. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



b. Ad. St. South Africa. Edward Wilson, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Berg river, Sept. 20, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1809 (B. L. Layard). 



d. S ad. sk. Transvaal (T. Ayres). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



e. (S ad. sk. Tati, Oct. 13, 1874 {F. W. E. and C. G. Gates, 



Gates). Esqrs. [P.]. 



f. Ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi {Sir J. Livingstone Expedition. 



Kirk), 

 y. 5 ad. sk. Damara Land. C. J. .Audersson, Esq. [C.]. 



h. 2 ad. sk. Elephant Ylev, Aug. 9, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1859 (C. f.A.). 

 i. S ad. sk. Gtjimbinque, June 27, R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



1866 (C. J. A.). 



A-. 2 ad. sk. Ovaqueuvama, Mav 20, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1867 (t/. J.A.\ 



I. 2 ad. sk. Oudonga, Jan. 22, 1867 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



{C.J. A.). 



2. Sylviella micrura. 



Troglodytes micrurus, Riipp. Neue Wirb. Tiit/. p. 100, Taf. 41. fitf. 2 



(1835). 

 Svlvietta brachvura, Lafr. Bev. Zool. 1839, p. 258 ; Des Miirs in 



' Lefebire, Voy. Abyss.', Zool. p. 89 (1845). 

 Svlvietta brevicauda, Des Murs in Lefehvre Voy. Abyss, pi. vi. 



■(1845). 



