160 TiMF.r.irDJ?. 



/. (S ad. sk. Otjimbinque, July 27, E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1866 (C. J. A.). 

 m. Ad. sk. Walviseh Bav, Dec. 22, E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1863 (C. /. A.). 



2. Eremomela griseoflava. 



Eremomela griseoflava, Heuql. J. f. O. 1862, p. 40; id. Orn. X.O- 

 Afr. i. p. 285, tab. xi. (1809) : Blanf. Geol. !<f Zuol. Abyss, p. 355, 

 pi. iii. iig. 1 (1870) : Finsch ^- Haril. Vog. Ostafr. p. 241 (1870). 



Drymoica giiseoflava, Gr«j/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 203, no. 2858 (1869). 



AdiiJt male. Similar to E. Jlaviventris. but a little smaller, and 

 ha%'ing tbe yellow of the abdomen extending a little higher than 

 in the South-African bird ; " bill brown : feet and claws blackish ; 

 iris pale crimson '" {Hevglin). Total length 3 inches, culmen 0-4, 

 wing 1'95, tail I'Oo, tarsus 0-65. 



Hah. Bogos Land, X.E. Africa. 



n. S ad. sk. Kokai, Lebka river, 4000 feet, W. T. Blanford. Esq. 



July 17, 1865. [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Bogos Land {Hmglin). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



3. Eremomela polioxantha. 



Adult. General colour above ashy, slightly washed with olive- 

 yeUow on the back ; scapulars and lesser wing-coverts like the back \ 

 median and greater coverts dusky, externally margined \^-ith ashy ; 

 bastard wing and primarj'-coverts dusky, narrowly edged with ashy ; 

 quills dusky brown, externally margined with ashy, lighter on the 

 primaries : upper tail-coverts dull ashy : tail-feathers light brown 

 with ashy margins ; crown of head, nape, and hind neck rather 

 lighter ashy than the back : lores dusky, with a narrow streak of 

 white above the fore part of the eye ; ear-coverts light ashy ; cheeks 

 and throat white ; fore neck and chest light ashy ; breast, abdomen, 

 sides of body, and flanks bright sulphur-yellow : thighs ashy, 

 slightly washed with yeUow ; under tail-coverts pale yellow, the 

 long ones white ; under wing-coverts white ; axiUaries pale yellow ; 

 quiUs dusky below, inner edges whitish ; " bill black ; tarsus black ; 

 iris dark YidiZel'' [Buchley). Total length 38 inches, culmen 0'5, 

 wing 2-3, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-7. {Mus. T. E. BucUey.) 



Hah. Suazi Land, S.E. Africa. 



4. Eremomela pusilla. 



Eremomela pusUla, Hai-tl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 59 (1857) : Heugl. Orn. 

 XO.-Afr. p. 285 (l.-^Og) ; Finsch S- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 241 

 (1870); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 34(1871); Shelley ^- Buckley, 

 Ibis, 1872, p. 287. 



Drymoica pusilla. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 202, no. 2850 (1869). 



General colour above ashy, washed with yellow on the mantle 

 and back ; rump slightly brighter yellow ; lesser and median 



