1. MicRoptis. 453 



by its tail, the lateral rectrices being shorter and not so acute ; the 

 white throat is much more extended, going much further down, 

 gradually merging into the dark colour of the abdomen ; abdomen 

 glossy brownish black ; sides of the head paler ; secondaries without 

 perceptible white margins. Wing 5*9 inches, lateral rectrices 2-3, 

 central I'S. 



One specimen without locality in the Collection is like M. horus, 

 but has a longer wing and a sooty-brownish throat. Wing 6'3 

 inches. It may be an undescribed species, but further material 

 would be necessary to throw light upon this bird. 



Hah. Known from the mouth of the Congo and Angola in the 

 West, the Ueeri river in the Kilimanjaro district, and in Abyssinia. 



This bird is probably, like other species of the same group, a 

 mountain-bird, and, perhaps, leaving the mountains in winter goes 

 down to the Congo valley. 



a. c? ad. sk. Landana, Congo. A. Bouvier [C.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Landana, Congo {Petit). Shelley Coll. 



c. 2 ^^- sk. Useri Eiver, E. Africa, 11. C. V. Hunter, 



July 18. Esq. [P.J. 



d. Ad. sk. ? var. [Africa.] 



10. Micropus toulsoni. 



Cypselus toulsoni, Bocar/e, Jorn. Lish. 1869, p. 339 ; id. Orn. Angola, 

 'p. 158 (1881). 



Tail and size like M. Jiorns, but without any white rump-band 

 and with a less-extended and only dirty-white throat ; head brown ; 

 back and abdomen black with a bluish gloss, paler and more 

 brownish on flanks and upper and under tail-coverts ; wings and 

 tail blackish brown : bill black ; feet dark brown (in skin). Total 

 length about 5'9 inches, wing 6, lateral rectrices 2-4, central 1*9. 



Hub. The only specimen before me is from Landana near the 

 mouth of the Congo. Bocage described it from Loanda, Angola. 



a. 2 ad. Landana, Congo. Petit Coll. 



11. Micropus affinis. 



Cypselus parvus. Less. Traile d'Orn. p. L'68 (nee Licht.) (1831). 



Cypselus affinis, Hardw. ajmd Frankl. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 116 (descr. 

 nulla) ; J. E. Gray 8f Hardw. III. Ind. Zoo/, i. pi. 35. fig. 2 

 (1832) ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 83 ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 225 

 (1840); lilyth, Journ. As. Soc. xiv. p. 212 (1845); Tiek. Journ. 

 A. S. B. xvii. p. 302 a848) ; Jardine, Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 5 (W. 

 Afr.) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 65 (1850) ; Layard, Ann. ^- May. N. H. 

 xii. p. 167 (1853) ; Pucker. Rev. et May. de Zool. 1853, p. 444; 

 Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. 1. Comp. p. 106 (1854) ; Hartl. 

 J. f. O. 1854, p. 154 ; Licht. Nomencl. p. 61 (Nepal) (1854) ; 

 Adams, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 175 (Cashmir) ; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 177 

 (1862) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 375 ; id. Ibis, 1865, p. 235 ; Beavan, 

 ibid. p. 405; Sclut. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 603; id. J. f. O. 1867, 



