3. BTOirasiA. 207 



of paler bro-wn ; tail uniform brown ; lores dull white : round the 

 eye a distinct ring of white feathers ; ear-coverts washed with light 

 brown ; sides of neck greyish : cheeks, throat, and underparts duU 

 white, the sides of the body washed with fulvous ; the lower flanks, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts tawuy buff ; the breast narrowly 

 streaked with dark brown down the centre of each feather ; under 

 wing-coverts dull white, as also the edge of the wing ; quills ashy 

 brown below, huffy whitish along the edge of the inner web ; bill 

 dark horn-colour ; legs, toes, and claws pale buff-orange, the latter 

 brown at the point. Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-15, 

 tail 3-1, tarsus O'So. 



A second specimen is probably the female, as the dimensions are 

 smaller. Total length -i-9 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-05, tail 2-5, 

 tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. South Africa : north-western districts of the Cape Colony 

 only. 



a. Ad. St. South Africa. Sh A. Smith [C.]. (Type 



of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Colesberg (Ortlepp). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. c? ad. sk. Oi-ange River, Dr. R. F. Bradshaw fP.!. 



May 16, 1881. 



5. Buruesia leucopogon. 



Drvmoeca leucopogon, Cab. J.f. O. 1875, p. 235; Sharpe 8f Bouvier, 

 'Bull. Soc. ZooL France, i. p. 42 (1876) ; Reichen. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 30; 

 Oustalcf, N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. p. 104 (1879) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, 

 p. 553 (1881). ^ ' 



Adult male. General colour above slaty grey, rather darker on 

 the head, the frontal plumes being somewhat scale-like with blackish 

 bases ; ear-coverts dark slate-colour ; fore part of cheeks, chin, and 

 upper throat light buff ; lower part of the throat and rest of under 

 surface light slaty grey, slightly washed with fulvous on the lower 

 flanks and under tail-coverts ; lower abdomen white ; under wing- 

 coverts whitish, mottled with slaty-grey bases to the feathers ; wings 

 above brown, the lesser and median wing-coverts slaty grey like 

 the back ; tail brown, slightly shaded with slaty grey and obsoletely 

 barred with dusky brown under certain lights : bill black ; feet 

 reddish brown (in skiu). Total length 5"li inches, culmen 0'55, 

 wing 2-2, taU 2-8, tarsus 0-85. 



Hab. West Africa : Congo river. 



a. Ad. sk. Landana, Congo (L. Petit). M. A. Bouvier. 



6. Bumesia bairdi. 



Drvmoica bairdi, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1855, p. 327 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 201, no. 2834 (186'J). 

 Drvmceca bairdi, Ilartl. Orn. W.-Afr. pp. 59,271 (1857); id. J.f. 0. 



1861, p. IIU ; Oustalet, X. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. p. 104 (1879). 

 Herpystera bairdi, Sundev. At. Meth. Tent. p. 7 (1872). 



