114 TIMELIID.B. 



p. 22 ; Gvrneij in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 121 ; Bocage, Jorn. Lish. 

 1874, p. 53} GacJutv, J. f. O. 187(), p. 419; Bocaije, Oni. Angola, 

 p. 245. 



Adult female. General colour above light olive-brown, the head 

 and najic darker olive-brown ; wing-coverts like the back, the outer 

 greater coverts, primary-coverts, and primaries brown, edged with 

 yellowish olive ; the inner secondaries duller ; tail-feathers olive 

 with paler tips and pale yellowish edgings, especially distinct on 

 the inner webs towards the base; lores dusky grey; eyelid whitish, 

 as well as a verj' narrow superciliary line ; ear-coverts ashy brown, 

 Avashed with olive ; cheeks yellow, slightly shaded with grey ; under 

 surface of body yellow, hoarj' whitish on the chin, the fore neck and 

 the sides of the body shaded with olive-green ; under wing-coverts 

 and axillarics bright yellow ; (juills dusky brown below, yellow 

 along the edge of the inner web ; " biU horn-colour, slightly paler 

 towards the base of the mandible ; legs leaden grey ; iris brown " 

 {Shelley) ; " bill and feet brown ; iris reddish brown " (Anchieta). 

 Total length 7-6 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-8, tail 3-7, tarsus 0-9. 



The Western Yellow-bellied Bulbul replaces the foregoing species 

 in South-western Africa, where it extends from Angola into Ben- 

 guela and Damara Land. 



a. Ad. sk. Angola. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C], 



6, C.J ad. sk. Ovaquenyama, Damara Land, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 May 28, 1867 (C. J. Anders- 

 son). 



3. CMorocichla gracilirostris. 



Andropadiis gracilirostris, ISiricM. P. Z. S. 1844, p. 101 ; Allen Sf 

 Thomjjs. Exp. Nic/er, ii. p. 497 ; Grety, Gen. B. i.p.23G ; Bji. Consp. 

 i. p. 261 ; Harti Orn. W.-Afr. p. 87 ; Cass. Pi: Philad. Acad. 

 1859, p. 45; Heine, J. f. O.'l860, p. 140; Hartl. J.f. O. 1861, 

 p. 1G(3 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 276, no. 4054 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 474; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 22; Beichen. J.f. O. 1875, p. 34. 



Adult (type of species).' General colour above dark olive-greenish, 

 a little duller on the head ; the wing-coverts like the back, and the 

 quills dark brown, washed externally with the same olive-greenish 

 as the back ; tail-feathers brown, margined with olive-greenish, and 

 narrowly edged with yellowish buff near the tips of the inner web ; 

 sides of face ashy grey, as well as a faint superciliary mark, the ear- 

 coverts washed with olive ; under surface of bodj- ashy grey, with 

 a slight olive shade, the throat much paler and whitish ash}', also 

 faintly washed with yeUow, the centre of the body and abdomen 

 with a pale yellow tinge ; under tail-coverts whitish ash-colour, with 

 faintly indicated brown centres to the feathers ; under wing-coverts 

 brighter olive-yellow, the latter slightly inclining to fawn-colour ; 

 quills dull brown below, fawn-coloured along the inner webs ; " bill 

 black ; feet blackish grey ; iris reddish brown " (Beichenoxv) ; " iris 

 white" (Frctser). Total length 6-? inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3-3, 

 tail 3, tarsus 0-8. 



