69. CASsiNiA. 467 



rump, and upper tail-coverts deep orange-chestnut ; wing-coverts 

 darker brown, the outer webs olive-brown, with rufescent edges ; 

 quills ashj- brown, externally olive-brown, with a strong shade of 

 orange-rufous towards the base of the primaries, all the secondaries 

 orange-rufous at the base; tail-feathers brown, the centre ones 

 slightly tipped with whitish, the two next for the most part brown, 

 shading off obliquely into orange-rufous on the outer web, this cha- 

 racter more developed on the penultimate and still more on the 

 outermost tail-feather, which is pale rufous, incliiiing to brown 

 towards the base ; sides of face olive-brown, like the head, the ear- 

 coverts streaked with fulvous along the shafts ; under surface of 

 body rich orange-rufous, the throat paler and more ashy, the feathers 

 edged with orange-buff ; the under wing-coverts pale fawn-colour ; 

 quills below ashy brown, the rufous bases to the inner webs form- 

 ing a very conspicuous patch. Total length 7"3 inches, culmen 0-6, 

 wing 3-8, tail 3-15, tarsus O-So. 



Hah. West Africa : Gaboon and Fernando Po to the Congo. 



«. S ad. sk. Fernando Po. L. Fraser, Esq. [C.]. (Tj'pa 



of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Gaboon. M. Yerreaux. (Type of C. 



rubicumla.) 



c. Ad. sk. Gaboon (R. B. N. Walker). E. B. Sharps, Esq. 



d. (S ad. sk. Massabe, Congo, Jid}' 7,1870. MM. Lucan and Petit [C] . 



2. Cassiuia fiuschi. 



Cassinia finschi, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, pp. 53, 474, pi. 2. fig. 2 ; id. Cat. 

 Afr. £. p. 42, no. 399. 



Adult (type of species). Above ashy grey, inclining to rufous on 

 the rump ; quills brown, the inner web light rufous at the base, 

 especially on the secondaries, the outer web of the primaries mar- 

 gined with deep rufous ; tail dark brown, the two middle feathers 

 light umber-brown, the outer ones for the most part white, brown 

 at the base, and showing a little brown on the outer web, the next 

 for the most part brown, white only towards the tip, while the next 

 have only a white tip : throat, cheeks, and ear-coverts dusky grey, 

 mottled with pale rufous, darker on the latter : rest of under sur- 

 face of body deep sienna ; under wing-coverts for the most part 

 pale rufous, washed here and there with dark brown ; bill black ; 

 feet light brown. Total length 6-8 inches, culmen 0"55, wing 3-9, 

 tail 3'2, tarsus 0-7. 



Mab. West Africa, Gold Coast. 



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



(Type of species.) 



b, c. Ad. sk. Fantee {Govci-nor Usshei-). P. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 

 d. Ad. sk. Fantee (Aubinn). P. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



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