232 TIMELIID^. 



Drymoica damans, Riipp. Syst. Uehers. p. 56 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. 



1. p. 163 (1848); Bp. Consp. i. p. 283 (1850); Heugl. Syst. 



Uebers. p. 22 (1856) ; Graij, Hand-l. B. i. p. 198, no. 2750 (1869). 

 Drvmceca damans, Heugl. Ibis, 1869, p. 91. 

 Cisticola damans, Heugl. Ibis, 1869, p. 143 ; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



i. p. 246 (1869), iv. p. Ixxiii (1871). 

 Spiloptila damans, Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 6 (1872). 



Adult. General colour above uniform dear pale vinous red, the 

 lower back and rump j-ellowish buff, a little brighter fulvous on the 

 upper tail-coverts ; lesser wing-coverts dusky, edged with ashy ; 

 median and greater series black, margined with ashy white ; primary- 

 coverts and quiUs light brown, edged with ashy, the secondaries with 

 pale rufous like the back ; centre tail-feathers very light brown, the 

 remainder paler brown, broadly tipped with white, before which is a 

 broad subterminal band of black ; fore part of crown and vertex 

 strongly mottled, the feathers being black with ashy-white margins ; 

 the hinder head ashy, shading off into the j)ale rufous of the back ; 

 lores and a narrow eyebrow ashy whitish ; ear-coverts yellowish 

 white, a little dusky on upper margin ; cheeks and under surface of 

 body pale yellowish, white on the abdomen ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries like the breast ; quills light brown below, whitish 

 along the edge of inner web ; " bill clear tawny yeUow, the tip 

 blackish ; feet reddish yellow ; iris clear brown" \Heuglin). Total 

 length 4-2 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 1-8, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. N.E. Africa from Southern Kubia and Kordofan. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Abyssinia. Pm-cbased. 



c. Ad. sk. Nubia {Mus. Holm.). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



2. Spiloptila ocularia. 



Drvmoica ocularia, Smith, HI. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pi. 75 (1843) ; 



Grmj, Gen. B. i. p. 163 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 282 (18.50) ; 



Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 87 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 197, 



no. 2732 (1869) ; 'G^/;•«e^/, in Anderss. B.^Dam. Land, p. 75 (1872). 

 Drymosca ocularia, Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 31 (1859) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Afr. B. p. 30 (1871) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 101 ; Sharpe, ed. 



Layard B. S. Afr. p. 256 (1876) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 253. 



Adult male. Above sandy brown, very distinctly striped with 

 black on the back, less plainly so on the head, which is rather 

 darker brown ; wing-coverts dark brown, margined with dull sandy, 

 the quills also dark brown, narrowly margined in the same manner 

 as the coverts ; rump and upper tail-coverts exactly the same as the 

 back, the mesial streaks rather broader on the latter ; tail deep 

 brown, waved with dusky cross bars in certain lights, the centre 

 tail-feathers edged with ashy fulvous, the outer ones with deep buflp, 

 more broadly on the external feathers ; lores, eyebrows, feathers 

 round the eye, and ear-coverts bright chestnut-red; cheeks and 

 entire throat white ; across the chest a distinct collar of black ; rest 

 of under surface buffy white, inclining to dull tawny buff on the 

 sides of the body ; thighs blackish ; under tail-coverts dark brown, 

 margined with ashy fulvous ; on the sides of the body a few hair- 

 like streaks of dark brown, a little broader on the flanks ; under 



