402 MUSCICAPID^. 



Phvlloscopus imibrovirens, Blanf. Geol. <§- Zvol. Abyss, p. 378. 

 Phyllopseuste umbrovirens, Hcvgl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 301. 

 Pindalus umbrovirens, Seehohm, Ihis, 1878, p. 490. 



Adult. General colour above dark umber-brown, the sides of the 

 lower back and rump more fawn-brown ; scapulars like the back ; 

 wing-coverts and quills dark ashy brown, margined with olive- 

 vellow, brighter on the quills ; tail-feathers dai'k ashy brown, edged 

 externally with olive-yellow, and on the inner web with a narrow 

 margin of dull whitish towards the tip ; lores dull reddish ; ring 

 round the eye, car-coverts and sides of face, throat and imderparts 

 reddish brown, the centre of the abdomen white : in front of the eye 

 a blackish spot ; under wing-covcrts and edge of wing deep olive- 

 yellow ; axillaries pale reddish brown ; quills dark brown below, 

 whitish along the edge of the inner webs ; " bill orange, the culmen 

 and tip of upper mandible dark horn-brown ; feet leaden black ; 

 iris pale umber " (Heuc/Iin). Total length 3-8 inches, culmen 0-45, 

 ■ft-ing 2-2. tail 1-8, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Js'orth-eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Senafe, Abyssinia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



9. Cryptolopha superciliaris. 



Abrorais superciliaris, Tickell, J. A. S. B. x\iii. p. 414 ; Jei-d. B. Ind. 



ii. p. 203 ; Bh/th ^- Wald. B. Burm. p. 106 ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, 



p. 479 ; id. 4" Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 3o9. 

 Abrornis albigularis, Jerd. 8, Bhjth, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 200 (iiec Moore). 

 Abrornis ilaviventris, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 203. 

 Abrornis griseofrons, Gray, Cat. Mamin. i^-c. Nepal Coll. Hodgs. 1863, 



p. 33. 

 Sylvia superciliaris, Gray, Hand-l B. i. p. 217, no. 3090. 

 Sylvia griseofrons. Gray, t. c. p. 217, no. 3078. 



Adult. General colour above dull oUve-brown, a little clearer on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts and quills dark 

 brown, with olive margins, the edges to the secondaries a little 

 brighter olive ; tail-feathers light brown, margined with olive, the 

 outer feathers fawn-coloured for the greater part of the inner web ; 

 head light ashy brown, slightly washed with olive, shading off into 

 the olive of the back ; from the base of the nostrils a narrow white 

 line running above the eye ; in front of the latter a dusky spot ; 

 sides of the head light ashy brown, the ear-coverts slightly tipped 

 with olive ; the ring round the eye dull white, as also the cheeks 

 and feathers below the eye ; throat and fore neck white ; remainder 

 of under surface from the chest downwards yellow, somewhat whiter 

 in the middle of the abdomen ; under wing-coverts whitish, washed 

 with yellow ; quills dark brown below, whitish along the edge of 

 the inner web ; " bill more or less of a dark olive-brown above, 

 paler and more or less plumbeous on the lower mandible ; inside of 

 mouth yellow or pale orange, fleshy ; iiides dark brown ; eyelids 

 grey or plumbeous; legs dusky or fleshy yellow" (Oates) ; "bill 

 black, bluish at base of lower mandible ; legs and feet greenish 



