268 ilUSCICAPlD-K 



black ; least wing-coverts greyish like tlie back, with a vertical line 

 of white extending the whole length of the wing, beginning at the 

 outer median coverts ; tail black, the outermost feather white, the 

 penultimate one white for its apical half, and the next one with a 

 little less white towards the tip ; a narrow superciliary line of white 

 from the base of the forehead to the hinder ear-coverts ; cheeks 

 and ear-coverts black ; a narrow cheek-stripe and chin white, the 

 latter with a delicate blush of rose-colour ; lower throat and chest 

 greyish : lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, with 

 a beautiful blush of rosy colour on the former ; under wing-coverts 

 whitish, the outermost ones slightly shaded with grey ; thighs 

 black ; i)ill and feet black ; iris black. Total length 4-5 inches, 

 culmen 0-5, wing 2-25, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-8. 

 Hah. The same as that of the genus. 



a. ^ ad. sk. Mooi River, Transvaal, August R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



4, 1843 {Wahlberg). 



b. Ad. sk. Orange River (T. C. Atmore). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. Ad. sk. Potchefstroom, Transvaal, April R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



27, 1877 ( W. Lucas). 



33. PARISOMA. r^^ 



Parisoma, Swains. Faun. Bor.-Amer., Birds, p. 490 



(1831) P. subcseruleum. 



^githalopsis, Heine, J.f. 0. 1859, p. 431 P. subcseruleum. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Vent and under tail-coverts chestnut ; throat 



white, with broad white streaks mbceeruleum, p. 268. 



b. Vent and under tail-coverts pure white or ful- 



vous, sometimes washed with brown, not 

 chestnut. 



a'. General colour gi'ey, lighter below, the ab- 

 domen whitish ; throat and chest uniform 

 grey, not streaked plumheum, p. 269. 



b '. General colom- more ashy gi'ey and browner 

 than the preceding; throat white like the 

 abdomen ; chest ashy grey, the lower throat 

 and fore neck distinctly streaked with dusky 

 brown Imjardi, p. 270. 



1. Parisoma subcaeruleum. 



Le Grignet, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. pi. 126 ; Sundev. Crit. om Levaill. p. 38. 



Sylvia subcaerulea, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xi. p. 188 (ex Le- 

 vaill.). 



Parisoma rufiventer. Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 247 ; Layard, B. S. Afr. 

 p. 115. 



Parisoma subcseruleum, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 194 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 259 ; 

 Strickl. 8f Sclater, Contr. Om. 1852, p. 149 ; Gi-ay, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 235, no. 3411 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 41, no. 390; Ayres, Ibis, 



