174 TIMELIID.E. 



orange-rufous obscured by aahy-grey margins to the feathers ; legs 

 pale. 



Hah. Gold Coast. 



2. Stiphrornis gabonensis. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 



Stiphrornis erythrothorax (non Hartl.), Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 

 1859, p. 39; Heine, J. f. O. 1860, p. 180; Hartl. J.f. O. 1861, 

 p. Ill; Shai-pe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 32 (1871, pt.). 



Adult. Very similar to S. erytlirothorax ; but instead of being 

 brown, the upper surface is dark slaty grey with a faint olive tinge ; 

 the ear-coverts and sides efface are blackish slate-colour, and do not 

 stand out in the same contrast that is seen in the Gold-Coast species. 

 Total length -1 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-55, tail 1-45, tarsus 

 0-85. 



Hah. Gaboon. 



a. Ad. sk. Gaboon {Walker), R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



3. Stiphrornis alboterminata. 



Stiphrornis alboterminata, Eeichen. J. f. O. 1874, p. 103, 1875, 

 p. 43; Bocaqe., Jorn. Lisb. 1880, p. 56 j id. Orn. Angola, pp. 285, 

 555 (1881). ■ 



Adult male. General colour above pale earthy brown, the wing- 

 coverts like the back ; bastard-wing feathers and primary-coverts 

 dusky brown ; quills brown, externally edged with dull olive; tail- 

 feathers brown, washed externally with olive and tipped with white 

 on the outer web ; lores and eyelid white ; ear-coverts brown like 

 the upper surface ; cheeks and under surface of body dull whitish, 

 with a wash of brown on the throat and breast as well as the sides 

 of the body ; under wing-coverts and axiUaries dull whitish, with a 

 patch of brown near the outer edge of the greater coverts ; quills 

 dusky below, ashy along the edge of the inner web ; " bill and 

 feet black ; iris reddish brown " (ReicJienotu). Total length 4-3 

 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-35, tail 1-55, tarsus 0-65. {Mus. 

 Berol. ) 



Hah. West Africa, from the Camaroons to Loango. 



