184 TTMELIIB^. 



6", No white spots on the wing- 

 coTerts ; breast and abdomen fid- 

 vescent; throat similar or only 

 a little whiter. 

 a'". Bill entirely black ; upper sur- 

 face dusky ashy brown ; wing- 

 coverts edged with same coloui" 



as back mystacea sestiv., p. 193. 



b'". Bill horn-brown ; wing-coverts 

 edged wilh same colour as 

 back. 

 0*. Upper surface streaked .... polychroa, p. 202. 

 ¥. Upper surface uniform. 

 a^. Upper surface dusky 



brown ; tail 2'9 inches . . sylvatica ad. hiem., p. 200, 

 ¥. Upper surface rufous- 

 brown ; tail 3'3 inches . . sylvatica ]\\\. hiem., p. 201. 

 d". Bill rufous or pale brown. 

 c*. Wing-coverts edged with 

 ashy or duslcy brown like 



the back; tail 2-2-3 inches. . inornata ad. hiem., p. 197. 

 <?■'. Wing-coverts edged with 

 rufous ; upper surface ru- 

 fous-brown ; tail 2-4-2-9 , ^.^^,.^^^^ .^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^ J97_ 



^^^ ^^ I mystacea juv. hiem., p. 194. 



Subjoined is a list of species which have been placed in the genera BrymxBca 

 and Prinia, ■which have never been properly identified, and which probably 

 never will be : — 



1. Le Figiiier taehete du S6n6gal, Banhcnt. PI. Enl. vi. pi. 582. fig. 2; Buff. 

 H. N., Oh. Y. p. 282 (1778). 

 Undated Warbler, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. part 2, p. 9477 (1783). 

 Motacilla undata, Gm. S. N. i. p. 982 (1788, ex Dauhent.). 

 Sylvia undata. Lath. Ivd. Orn. ii. p. 534 (1790). 



Drymoica undata, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 163 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 282; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 198, no. 2762 (1869). 

 Apparently Cidicola cursiians. 



2 Figiiier blond du Senegal, Datibent. PL Enl. vi. pi. 584. fig. 2 ; Buff. H. 



N., Ois. V. p. 284 (1778). 

 Flaxen Warbler, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 478 (1783). 

 Motacilla subflava, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 982 (1788, ex Baubent). 

 Sylvia subflava, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 535 (1790). 

 Drymoica subflava, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 163 (1848) ; Bf. Cmsp. i. p. 282 ; 



Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 95 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 198, no. 2759 



(1869). 

 Drymoeca subflava, Giebel, Thes. Orn. ii. p. 66 (1876). 



Apparently a bad figure of Prinia mystacea. 



3. Le double Sourcil, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iii. p. 109, pi. 128 (1802) ; Sundev. 

 Krit. Framst. Levaill. p. 38 (1857). 

 Sylvia diophrys, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. dHist. Nat. xi. p. 182 (1817) ; Shaw ^ 



Nodder, Nat. Misc. pi. 973. 

 Drymoica diophrys, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 63 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 282 

 (1850). 

 Professor Sundevall in his critique on Levaillaut's work is unable to suggest 

 what bird this is intended for, npr can I identify the species, 



