10. DRYOSCOPrS. i^i 



llltiu!!' ^T ^"^J ^'^^"r^ of the rump with white subterminal 

 concealed spots ; no trace of white on the wing-coverts or scapulars • 

 the whole under surface of the body slightly isabelline ; under' 

 wing-cover s white, slightly tinged with isabeUine ; near the edc-eof 

 the wing black forming a patch; quills below dusky black ; '"bill 

 black ; teet lead-colour. ' 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but having the rump ashv grev 

 ro;r»ff. Above dusky black ; quills externallv with narrow b^own 

 margins ; feathers of the lower back and rump with concealed 

 white spots; the hindermost feathers of the rump rusty colour- 

 the upper tail-coverts and wing-coverts narrowly edged 'with the 

 same colour, forming a kind of transverse band; oiUermost tail- 

 feathers trpped with pale rusty; chin, throat, and middle of abdo- 

 men white; breast, flanks, vent, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 somewhat rufescent. (Finsch .f HartJ.) 



The description and measurements are taken from specimens in 

 the collection of Oapt. Shelley. qjtcimens m 



Totallength. Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus 



T 1?- ^"- i"- i'l- in.' 



l-2o 



c? "-13 0-95 3-5 3-7 



B^ab. East Africa 



14, Dryoscopus afltois. 

 Hapalophus affinis, Grai/ m atarlcsicortir.f Maq i p 4S9 

 Lauiarius ^^ms Gray, Gen B. i. p. 299 ^i846) ; Vf/. Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. .j, no. 6019 ■ Fmsch ^- Hartl Vog. Ostafr. p. 348 ; Beickeno^v, 



J. f. O. 1875, p. 28. 



•p '■ Pn^'-/''^"'/ («o„ Gray), Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. Ill- Cass 

 Proc. Phdad. Acad. 1859, p. 53 ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p 173 

 Di-yoscopus bojeri, v. Feb., Hartl. Faun. Madaq p 50 

 Dryoscopus verreauxii, Cah. in v. d. Dccken's Bel.,, iu p 96 

 J^aniarius boyen, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 397, no. 6032. 



^^stern Bace.-AduU male ftype of D. affinis). Above glossy blue- 

 black; scapulars also black, but some of them with concealed sub- 

 basal white patches on the inner web ; wings entirely black • upper 

 tail-coverts and tail black, the latter with narrow white 'ed^es • 

 lower hack and i-ump pure white and extraordinarily fluffy • lores' 

 feathers round the eye, and upper edge of car-coverts" black ; 'cheeks 

 andal he underparts of the body, including edge of wing and 

 basal half of the inner web of the quills pure white ; near the ed-e of 

 the wing a small patch of blackish under-coverts ; feathers of thi-hs 



