158 TIMKT,Iin.E. 



Keij to the Species *. 



a. Head ashy like back, the latter sometimes slightly 

 tinged with yellow. 

 a'. No rufous mark on chest. 



a". Upper surface ashy, with scarcely any tinge 

 of yellow on the "rump ; entire breast ashy 

 white, leaving only lower abdomen, ^^^^, .jj,amventns,^.U9. 



and under tail-eoverts yellow [fjriseoflava, p. 160. 



b". Upper surface ashy, slightly washed with 

 yellow on back ; throat and chest ashy white, 

 the lower breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts bright yellow. 

 a'". Thighs ashy, contrasting with yellow ab- 

 domen ; upper tail-coverts like back .... poUoxantlta, p. 100. 

 V". Thighs yellow like the abdomen :_ upper 

 tail-coverts yellow, contrasting with the 



back pusilla, p. 1(30. 



6'. With a rufous mark on the chest ; no yellow on 



upper surface .• • »sf>'culh's, p. 161. 



b. Head yellowish, contrasting more or less with 

 back. 

 c'. Breast and abdomen white, contrastmg with 



yellow throat and fore neck pulcJira, p. 162. 



(7'. Breast and abdomen pale yellow, scarcely paler 

 than the throat. 



c". 2nd quill between 5th and 6th hijpo.vantha, p. 163. 



d". 2nd quill between 7th and 8th or 8th and 



9th or equal to 7th scotops, p. 162. 



* The following species I have not been able to identify : — 



Eremomela lutescens. 



Sylvietta lutescens, Less. Echo du Monde Savant, 1844, p. 233 ; id. Bescr.^ 

 Mamm. et Ois. p. 298; Hartl. Beitr. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 22 (1848); id. J. 

 f. Orn. 1854, p. 18. 



Eremomela lutescens, Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 59 (1857) : Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. p. 285 (1869); Finsch # Hartl. Vdg. Ostafr. p. 241 (1870). 



Drymoica lutescens, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 202, no. 2856 (1869). 



Above greenish yellow ; underneath entirely yellow ; quills and tail dusky, 

 edged with yellow ; bill horn-colour ; feet brown ; claws whitish. Length 3|". 

 {Hartlauh, I. c.) 



Hah. Seuegambia. 



Eremomela viridiflava. 



Eremomela viridiflava, Hartl. Dm. W.-Afr. p. 59 (1857) ; Hevgl. Orn. N.O.- 



Afr. i. p. 285 (1869); Finsch 4" Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 241 (1870). 

 Drymoica viridiflava, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 202, no. 2855 (1869). 



Above bright greenish ; head and nape yellowish green ; wings and tail rather 

 rounded and dusky greenish, the edges of the quills and tail-feathers uniform 

 with the back, the latter edged with pale yellow ; throat and breast white ; 

 abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; bill horn-colour. Length 

 3" 6'", bill 4-1", wine; 1" 9'", tail 1" 3'", tarsus 7'". {Hartlauh.) 



Hub. Senegainbia'(Mus. Frankf.). 



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