9. TELOPHOXUS, 123 



Adult. Upper parts, including occiput and crown of the head, ashy 

 brown, passing into grc}- on the lower back and rump ; upper tail- 

 coverts dark grey with very narrow whitish tijis ; central pair of 

 tail-feathers very dark ashy brown, distinctly marked with cross 

 bars : the creamy superciliary streak bordered on its upper and lower 

 margin with black ; aU the underparts of the body, including the 

 edge of the wing, the under wing- and under tail-corerts, and the 

 thighs, light ochraceous buff, passing into dull white on the throat ; 

 all the other pai'ts are exactly as in T. seneyalus ; " eyes bluish 

 hazel" {Atmore). Total length about 7 inches, culmen 0-7o-0'8, 

 wing 2-8-3-0o, tail about 3-7, tarsus 1-02. 



Ilah. Southern Africa with the exception of the Cape. 



Ohs. In a female specimen in Capt. Shelley's collection the two 

 black stripes almost meet across the occiput, some of the feathers 

 being mottled with blackish. 



a, h. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sh- A. Smith [C.]. 



(Tj'pes of species.) 



c. (S ad. sk. Griqualand (T. C. Atmore), E. B.' Shai-pe Esq. fCl. 



May 5, 1871. 



d, e. Ad.sk. Crocodile river (i^. 0«^es), W.E. & C.G. Dates, Esqrs. 



July. [P.]. 



/. Ad. sk. Shoshoug, ]MitIe river, W. E. & C. G. Gates. Esqrs. 



Aug. 10. [P.]. 



(/. Ad. sk. Makalaka Country. Dr. Bradshaw [C.]. 



h, i. S ad. sk. Otjimbinque, May 1866 B. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(Andersson). 



k. 5 ad. sk. Onain'sriver,Aprilll,186o R. B. Shai'pe, Esq. 



{Anclerssmi). 



I Ad. sk. Benguela. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



Ohs. Two birds collected by Sir John Kirk at Tete, and a third 

 collected by him opposite Zanzibar, in Capt. Shelley's collection, 

 dift'er very remarkably from all the other species of Teloi>honus ; 

 and any one could distinguish them at once from T. tnvm/atus 

 to which species they seem nearest allied. These three specimens 

 hare all the lower parts whitish instead of ochraceous ; the throat 

 and the greater part of the breast, the abdomen, and edge of wino- 

 almost pure white; sides of breast and flanks washed with creamy 

 grey ; thighs, vent, and under tail-coverts pale creamy ; crown 

 of head dark ochraceous brown, much mottled with black, there- 

 fore very much resembling T. iissJieri. The general colour of the 

 upper parts cannot be of much importance, as in T. trivirgutus it is 

 subject to great variation. The three specimens, however, have 

 the back, mantle, and hind neck more ochraceous and less ashy than 

 T. trivirgatus. Thus we cannot but feel surprise that Finsch and 

 Hartlanb (/. f.) expressly state that the specimens from the Zambesi 

 in the British Museum entirely agree with specimens of T. trivirqatus 

 from Damaraland The measurements do not show any reliable 

 difference. Total length about 7 inches, culmen 0"75, wing 0'7- 



