10. DRYOSCOPUS. 143 



1(>. Dryoscopus sabinei. 



Thamnopliilus sabinei, J. E. dray, Znol. Mixc. i. p. 0. 

 Chaunonotiis sabiuei, J. E. Gray, Mug. Nat. Hist, new series, i. 



p. 487 ; Jard. Il/mfr. Oni. iv. pi." 27 ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. 



pp. 113, 273; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 396, no. 6004; Sharpe, Ais, 



1809, p. 190 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 48. 

 Hapaloloplius melanoleucus, Vcrr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, p. 312 ; 



Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 132. 



Adult male. Head, neck, mantle, and nppcr tail-coverts glossy- 

 black, all tbe feathers with grey bases ; wings and tail entirely 

 black ; low(n" back and rump pure white, the feathers of the former 

 long and fluffy ; lores, feathers round the eye, and ear-coverts black 

 like the head ; cheeks and entire under surface of body pure white, 

 including the under wing-coverts ; quills blackish below, the inner 

 web broadly edged with white ; " bill bluish black ; feet lead-colour ; 

 iris Vermillion " (Hartl.). Total length 7 inches, culmeu 0-95, wing 

 3-35, tail 2-8, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. General colour above, including the tail and the 

 upper tail-coverts, ochraceous brown ; the scapulars and least wing- 

 coverts uniform with the back ; greater series paler ; quills dark 

 brown, externally reddish ochre ; crown of head and naj^e light 

 grey, the ear-coverts also with white shaft-streaks; round the eye a 

 ring of huffy-white feathers ; those in front of the eye dusky grey ; 

 checks and whole under surface of body, under wing-coverts, axil- 

 laries, edge of wing, and inner web of quills deep rufous ochre, duller 

 on the flanks. Total length 6'o inches, culmcn U'9, wing 3'05, 

 tail 2-7, tarsiis 0-9. 



Ohs. In the Museum collection there is an immature bird which 

 is otherwise like the adult male, but has some of the white feathers 

 of tlie back strongly washed with ochraceous, and the wing-coverts 

 and secondary (juills mixed with light-brown feathers. 



Hah. West Africa. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Sierra Leone. Capt. Sabine [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b. c? imni. sk. Sierra Leone. Capt. Sabine [P.]. 



c. d,e. S 2 ad. sk. Fantee. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



f. S ad. sk. Enimill, Wassau, March R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



l872{BIissett). 



g. 5 ad. sk. Accra {Haynes). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 h. S ad. sk. Gaboon ( Walker). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 i. $ ad. sk. Congo. Dr. Lucau. 



k. S ad. sk. Gaboon. 



I. (S ad. st. West Africa. Purchased. 



17. Dryoscopus atrialatus. 



Dryoscopus atiialatus, Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 18.51, p. 246 ; Bj). 



C. R. xxxviii. p. .535; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. Ill, note. 

 Laniarius atrialatus, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 397, no. 6024 ; Finsch ^• 



Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 350. 



Generally similar to D. ajpn'ts, but is larger, being about the size 



