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remainder of the latter like the quills ; tail-feathers verditer-blue, 

 blackish on their inner webs ; sides of face and ear-coverts like the 

 crown ; under surface of bod}' pale ashy grej-, with a wash of blue ; 

 throat and fore neck verditcr-blue ; centre of abdomen whitish ; 

 thighs grey ; under wing-coverts and axillaries ashy grey, the edge 

 of the wing brighter blue. Total length 6-4 inches, culmen 0-5, 

 wing 2-65, tail 3-9, tarsus 0-65. 

 Hab. Western Africa. 



a. Ad. St. [\\''est Africa.] 



b. Ad. sk. Fantee. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



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



rf,e. Ad. sk. Abeokuta. F. Nicholson, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Eliuinia teresita. 



Elminia teresita, Antin. Cat. Descr. Ucc. p. 50. 

 Elminia alexinse, Keuffl. J.f. 0. 1864, p. 255, et 1867, p. 203. 

 Elminia longicauda minor, Hertgl. Orn. N. O.-Afr. p. 446, tab. 15. 

 Myiagra teresita, Gray, Hand-l. i?. i. p. 328, no. 4934. 

 Elminia minor, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1877, p. 18. 



Adult. Similar to E. longicauda of West Africa, but differs in its 

 smaller size, slightly crested head, paler colours, and weaker feet. 

 Plumage dense and loose, everywhere beautiful pale azure-blue ; the 

 breast, under taU-coverts, and flanks paler, the latter washed with 

 ashy ; centre of abdomen white ; lateral margin of the forehead and 

 lores deep black ; quills and greater wing-coverts smoky brown, ex- 

 ternally margined with delicate azure, the latter tipped with white ; 

 the inner web of the tail-feathers, the region of the shaft, darker 

 smoky brown, the two middle feathers pale azure with black shafts, 

 the rest pale blue on the outer web, with white tips to both webs ; 

 bill, rictal bristles, and feet black ; iris dusky. Total length 5" 2'", 

 bill from front 4'", wing 2" 2'", tail 2" 3'", tarsus 5^"'-6^"', centre 

 tail-feathers 2" 9"'-2" 10'". {HeugUn.) 



Hab. Central Jf.E. Africa. 



3. Elminia albicauda. 



Elminia albicauda, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1877, p. 18. 



Adidt. Similar to E. minor (=E. teresita) of N.E. Africa, but 

 differing in its crested head, its white abdomen washed with rose- 

 colour ; the outer tail-feathers also are white, the three following 

 broadly tipped with white, decreasing in extent towards the middle 

 ones. Total length 150 millims., wing 63, tail 84, bill 9, tarsus 15. 

 (^Bocage.) 



Hab. Benguela. 



