4. ^GITHALUS. 71 



^githalus minutus, Siindev. CEfvers. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. 1850, vii. 



p. 107 ; Grm/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 236, no. 3417. 

 Parus smithi, Jard. Ediitb. Journ. Nat. Sc. new ser. i. pi. 5. 

 xEgithalus I-- parviiliis, Heu(/L J. f. O. 1864, p. 260; id. Orn. X.O.- 



Afr. i. p. 409 ; id. Peterm. Geoc/r. Mittheil. 1869, p. 414. 

 Eremomela parvula, Heugl. Cab. Journ. 1867, p. 300. 

 ^githalus pensilis, Verr. in Brem. Mus. (teste Hemjlin). 

 Paroides capensis, Lar/ard, B. S. Afr. p. 114. 

 ^githalus parvulus, Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 2.36 , no. 3421 (1869). 

 Parus sundevalli, Giehel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 33 (1877). 

 .iEgithalus musculus, Hartl. Ornith. CentraM. 1882, p. 91 ; id. J. 



f. O. 1882, p. 326. 



General (jolour above pale olive-grey, more yellowish on the rump 

 and on the up23er tail-coverts ; crown of head more grey ; feathers 

 of forehead and loral region blackish brown, with white tips ; 

 qniUs, wiug-covcrts, and tail light brown, with scarcely any lighter 

 edgings ; chin, sides of neck, ear-coverts, and under tail-coverts dull 

 whitish ; all the rest of the underparts yellow with a faint dull 

 hue ; bill and feet horny or lead-colour. Total length under 

 3-5 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 1-9-2, tail 1-9, tarsus 0'52. 



Female slightly duller in coloration. 



Hah. South Africa, ranging into the Transvaal and Damara Land, 

 extending through Central Africa into Sennaar and Abyssinia. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



C. J. Andersson, Esq. [CI. 

 C. J. Andersson, Esq. [C.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.J. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



C. J. Andersson, Esq. [C]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Capt. H. Trevelyan [P.]. 



Subspecies a. .ffigithalus caroli. (Plate I. fig. 1.) 



jEgithalus minutus, SJiarpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 35 (1871, nee Shaw), 

 yEgithalus caroli, Sharpe, Ibis, 1871, p. 415. 



Anthoscopus caroli, Gtirnei/ in Anderss. B. Damara Land, p. 80 

 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Laijdrd B. S. Afr. p. .327. 



Adult. Similar to ^. capeiisis in coloration, but altogether paler ; 

 upper tail-coverts ferruginous ; throat, fore neck, breast, and under 

 wing-coverts dull white, gradually changing into the ferruginous 

 colour of the flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts ; bill and feet 

 blackish. Sexes alike in coloration. Total length about 3-5 inches, 

 culmen 0-35-0-40, wing 2-2-1, tail 1-25, tarsus 0-55. 



Hah. Damara Land. 



