282 TIMELIID.T, 



to ashj browu on the nape ; the back and scapulars ashy brown, espe- 

 cially the mantle, the rest broadly black in the centre of the feathers, 

 some of which are edged with sandy buff; lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts ashy grey, the latter rather more dusky, with 

 slightly paler edges ; lores and a faint eyebrow bufJy white ; ear- 

 coverts very pale fulvous-brown, clearer buff on the lower parts 

 adjoining the cheeks, which are yellowish ; throat and centre of 

 abdomen white ; breast whitish, washed with pale yellow, the flanks 

 slightly shaded with ashj- brown ; thighs tawny ; under wiug-coverts 

 whitish, with a pale wash of fawn-colour; bill dusky ; tarsi and feet 

 pale ; iris light reddish brown. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-55, 

 wing 2'1, tarsus 0'95. 



The male is somewhat larger, measuring as follows : — Culmen 0-(J, 

 wing 2"35, tarsus 1. 



Hah. West Afi-ica from the Gambia to the Congo districts. N.E. 

 Africa, extending along the eastern coast to Natal. 



a. Ad. sk. Bissao {Beaudouin). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



b. Ad. sk. Cape Verde, Senegambia. M. L. Laglaize [0.]. 

 e. Ad. sk. Fantee {A. Swanzy). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 d,e,f,g. Ad. sk. Fautee {Governor UssJier). E.. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 h, I. Juv. sk. Fantee (Governor Uss/ier). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 k. Ad. sk. Elmina, April 1872 (H. F. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Blissett). 



/, >n. Ad. sk. Accra. Governor Ussher [C.]. 



n. Ad. sk. Denkera [Aubinn). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



0, Ad. sk. Ashantee. J. Gould, Esq. 



p. Ad. sk. River Volta ( Ussher). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



q. 2 *id. sk. Landana, Congo. MM. Lucan & Petit 



[C.]. 



r. 2 ad. sk. Natal, December. Dr. Gueinzius [C,]. 



s. $ ad. sk. Natal. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



t. Ad. sk. S.E. Africa. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



27. Cisticola ruficeps. 



Malurus ruficeps, Cretzschm. in Riipp. Atlas, p. 54, tab. 36 a (1820). 

 Di-ymoica ruficeps, Bujjp. Syst. Uebers. p. 66 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. 



i. p. 16.3 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 283 (1850) ; Vierth. Nau7n. 18.52, 



p. 45 ; Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 37 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. \. 



p. 199, no. 2779 (1869). 

 Drymoica scotoptera, Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. Stockh. 



1850, p. 129 ; Gray, Hand-l. B'.i. p. 198, no. 2763 (1869) ; Heuyl. 



Ibis, 1869, p. 104; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 259 (1869). 

 Drymoica fulvescens, Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fbrh. Stockh. 



1850, p. 129 ; Gray, Hund-l. B.i. p. 198, no. 2764 (1869) ; Heuyl. 



Ibis, 1869, p. 104 ; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 260 (1869). 

 Cysticola ruficeps, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 22 (1856). 

 Drymoica leucopygia, Heuql. Syst. Uebers. p. 22 (1856) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 199, no. 2794 (1869). 

 Drvmoeca ruficep.s, Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 110; Hewjl. Ibis, 1869, 



p. 103 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 30 (1871) ; Antin. S,- Salvad. Viagg. 



Bogos,-p. 108 (1873). 

 Drjmceca cordofan^ Heugl. Ibis, 1869, p. 105. 



