10. HTLIA. 171 



6. Camaroptera super ciliar is. 



Syh-icola superciliaris, Fraser, Ann. Sf Mag. Kat. Hist. xii. p. 440 



(1843). 

 Prinia icterica, Sfrickl. P. Z. S. 1844, p. 100 ; Allen ^ Thomps. Exp. 



Niger, ii. p. 495 (1848) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 162 (1848) ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 284 (18.j0). 

 Sylvia superciliaris, Hartl. Beitr. Orn. Westafr. p. 22 (1848). 

 Chloropeta icterica, -Ha/-;;/. J. • /". O. 1854, p. 17 ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. 



p. 60; id. J.f. O. 1861, p. 111. 

 Camaroptera siipercilians, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 38; 



Hei»e, J. f. O. 1860, p. 130. 

 Drvmoica icterica, Grag, Iland-l. B. i. p. 203, no. 2867 (1869). 

 Camaroptera icterica, 'Hharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 477 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 33 (1871). 



Adult. General coloiir above yellowisli green ; lesser and median 

 •wing-coverts like the back ; greater and primar}'-coverts, bastard 

 wing, and quills dusky, externally margined with yellowish green ; 

 upper tail-coverts a little yellower than the back ; tail-feathers duU 

 olive-green ; lores and feathers round the eye brilliant yellow ; ear- 

 coverts bright yellow, extending to the sides of the neck; cheeks, 

 throat, and under surface creamy white ; fore neck tinged with ashy ; 

 sides of body and flanks ashy washed with olive ; thighs and under 

 tail-coverts briUiant yellow ; under wiug-coverts white, washed 

 with yellow ; edge of the wing yellow ; axillaries bright yellow ; 

 quills dusky below, inner edges whitish ; " bill black ; tarsus greenish 

 yeUow; iris sepia-brown " {Reichenow). Total length 3-8 inches, 

 cuLmen 0-75, wing 1-9, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-75. 



The type specimen is rather lighter and more yeUow. 



Hah. West Africa, from the Gold Coast to Gaboon, as well as the 

 island of Fernando Po. 



a. Ad. sk. Fantee(C/ssAe?-)- K. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Ashautee. John Gould, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Femando Po (Fraser). Evton Collection. 



d. Ad. sk. Femando Po. L. Fraser, Esq. (Type 



of species.) 



10. HYLIA. T, „ 



Type. 



Hylia, Cass. P-oc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 40 II. prasin 



Head of Hglia prasiiia, to show nostril. 

 Range. West Afiica. 



