33. PARISOMA. 269 



1871, p. 154 ; Gurney, in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 77 ; Buckley, 

 Ibis, 1874, p. 375 ; Sh'arpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 3-32, no. 318; 

 Bocaye, Orn. Angola, p. 204. 

 Thamnobia siibcferidea, Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 10 



ntecltn.. p. 

 O. 1859, 



-(Egitlialopsis subcaerulea, Heine, J. f. O. 1859, p. 431. 



Adult male. General colour above grey ; wing-coverts brown, 

 with grey edgings ; primary-coverts and coverts of the thumb black 

 with white margins ; quiUs brown, externally washed with grey, 

 the primaries externally edged with white ; tail black, the lateral 

 feathers tipped with white, increasing in extent towards the outer- 

 most, where the white tip occupies the apical third of the feather 

 and extends quite halfway up the outer web; lores whitish; 

 feathers in front of the eye duskj' ; ear-coverts grej% streaked with 

 white ; cheeks and entire throat and fore neck greyish white, 

 broadly streaked with black ; rest of under surface of body white, 

 the sides of the body grey ; vent and under tail-coverts tawny 

 chestnut ; thighs greyish white, slightly washed with rufous ; under 

 wing-coverts white, as also the edge of the wing, the bases to the 

 feathers black ; lower surface of quills ashy grey, with white mar- 

 gins to the inner webs ; " bill black ; feet black : iris white " 

 {Buckley); iris bluish white ( I'. O. Atmore) ; iris yellowish white 

 (Andersson). Total length 5'6 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2'75, tail 

 2-75, tarsus 0-85. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but rather duller grey and 

 less broadly streaked with black on the throat. Total length 5'6 

 inches, wing 2-65, tail 2"65, tarsus 0'85. 



Hah. South Africa. 



KitipwilliamstowTi. Lieut. H. Trevelyan [P.]' 



Kinfiwilliamstown,May5, Lieut. H. Trevelyan [P.]- 



1877 ( C. Newby). 

 Eland's Post (T. C. At- R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



mo7-e). 

 Transvaal (T. Ayres). R. B. Sbarpe, Esq. 



Damara Land. 0. J.Andersson,Esq.[C.]. 



Elephant Vley, Damara R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Land, Sept.'l, 1859 (C. 



J. Andcrsson). 

 h. (S ad. sk. Otjimbinque, June 17,1866 R. B. Sbarpe, Esq. 



(C J. Andersson). 



2. Parisoma plumbeum, 



Stenostira plumbea, Hartl. J. f. O. 1858, p. 41, 1861, p. 169; Fimch 



4- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 303, note; Heiigl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 432, 



tab. 17. 

 Parisoma melanurum, Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 51 ; Hartl. 



J.f. O. 1861, p. 161 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 236, no. 3414. 

 yEgithalopsis melanura, Heine, J. f. 0. 1859, p. 1.'51. 

 Miiscicapa melanura {nee Cass.), Heuql. J. f. O. 18G3, p. 274; Finsch 



Sf Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 303, note ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 330, 



no. 4831. 

 Platystira plumbea. Gray, Hand-l. 5. i. p. 330, no. 4951. 

 Parisoma plumbeum, Sharpe, Cat. .Afr. B. p. 41, no. 389. 



