310 prionopid-t:. 



2. Bradyornis pallidus*. 



Muscicapa pallida, Von Miiller, Naiim. 1855, p. 28 ; id. Beitr. Orn. 



Afrik. pi. 8 ; Ileuffl. Syst. Uebers. p. 32 ; id. J. f. 0. 1864, p. 257. 

 Bradyornis pallidus, Finsch S( Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 322, note ; 



Heiigl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 428. 

 Melfenornis pallida, Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 291. 

 Bradyornis siibalaris, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 713, pi. Iviii. fig. 1. 



Adult. General colour above light brown ; wing-coverts and quills 

 dark brown, externally margined with paler brown, inclining to 

 whity brown on the secondaries ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged 

 with lighter brown ; lores isabelline white ; round the eye a ring 

 of isabelline feathers ; ear-coverts light brown ; fore part of cheeks 

 and throat dull white ; breast and sides of body light fawn-buft', 

 paler and more of an isabelline whitish on the centre of the body ; 

 under wing-coverts, axillaries, and inner lining of quills deeper 

 fawn-buff; bill dark brown in skin, lighter at the base of the lower 

 mandible ; feet blackish brown in skin. Total length G-9 inches, 

 culmen 0'55, wing 3*45, tail 3-25, tarsus 0"8. 



Ohs. A re-examination of the skins indiices me to unite my Bra- 

 dyornis suhalnris with B. pallidus, as it appears to be a small race 

 only of the latter. B. modestus also differs very little from the last- 

 named bird, but may be a distinct species, depending on the cha- 

 racters given in the synoptic table. 



Hab. North-eastern and Eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Bogos Land. Mr. Esler [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Mombas {Wakefield). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of B. sitbularis. 



3. Bradyornis modestus. 



Bradyornis modestus, Shelley, Ibis, 1873, p. 140. 

 Adult (tj-pe of species). General colour above clear brown, very 



* Bradyornis murinus. 



Bradyornis murinus, Hartl. cf- Finsch, Vog. Ostafr. p. 866. 



Adult male. Above earthy brown or fawn greyish ; wings dark brown, slightly 

 edged with rufous brown along the outer web, for the basal half of the inner 

 web clearer and broader reddish fawn ; secoudary-eoverts externally edged with 

 pale reddish fawn ; from the base of the nostrils above the lores to the eye an 

 indistinct reddish white streak, the eye surrounded with an ill-defined ring of 

 the same ; in front of the eye on the lores an obsolete dusky spot ; region of 

 the ear reddish-fawn brown, like the sides of the neck, crop, breast, and sides ; 

 under wing-coverts clearer reddish isabelline fawn-oolour ; chin, throat, lower 

 part of the breast, vent, and under tail-coverts white, with a tinge of fawn- 

 colour ; tail-feathers dark brown, externally and at the tips very slightly edged 

 with pale reddish brown ; bill and feet blackish horn-colour ; " iris chestnut- 

 brown"' (Anchicta). Total length about 7 inches, wing 3" 9'", tail 2" 10'", bill 

 6'", tarsus 10'". {Hartlaub ^- Finsch.) 



Hab. Benguela (Anchieta). 



Obs. This species is apparently the same as my B. sidmlarit, which I now 

 consider to be only a rjice of B. pallidus. It is most likely that B. modestus 

 will also hereafter be united ; and then there will be one form, Bradyornis 

 pallidus, differing in size from different localities. 



