b. ? ad. sk 



c. Ad. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



8. BARBATCLA. 



Mayen, Abyssinia, Jan. 23. 



Kokai, Bopfos-Land ( W. Jesse). 

 Waliko, J uly ( W. Jesse). 



41 



W.T. Blanford.Esq- 



[C.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



4. Barbatula aflBinis. 



Barbatula uropvgialis {nee Heugl), Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 240. 

 EarbatLda afiinis, lieichmi. Orn. CentralbL 187^, p. 114; id.J.f. O. 



187y. p. 342; Fischer, Zeitschr. r/es. Orn. i. p. 371 (1884) ; id. J.f. 



O. 1885, p. 124 ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1887, p. o9 ; Shellei/, Ibis, 1888, 



p. 296; id. P. Z.S. 1889, p. 357. 



Adult male. Similar to B. minuta, and ■with a scarlet frontal 

 patch and white streaks on the back, but differing in the colour of 

 the under surface, which is pale greenish with a white throat, fol- 

 lowed by a fulvescent fore neck and throat : " bill and feet black ; 

 iris brown" {G. A. Fischer). Total length 3*5 inches, culmen 0-45, 

 wing 2-15, tail 1-2, tarsus 0*6. 



Adult female. Similar in colour to the male. Total length 3*6 

 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 1-9, tail 1*1, tarsus 0"5. 



Hab. East Africa. 



«. Ad. sk. Dar-es-Salaam {F. C. Hu.iton). Shelley Coll. 



b, c. $ ad. sk. Manda Island, Nov. 12. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 d, e. d ad. sk. Teita, Aug. 26. H. C. V. Hunter, 



Esq. [P.]. 

 /. Ad. sk. Useri River, July 15. H. C. V. Hunter, 



Esq. [P.]. 



5. Barbatula uropygialis. 



Barbatula pusilla (pt.), Ileui/l. Ibis, 1861, p. 124. 



Barbatula uropygijilis, Heugl. J.f 0. 1862, p. 37 ; Marshall, Monogr. 



Capit. p. 121, pi. 49. fig. 1 (1871) ; Antin. ^- Salvad. Viagg. Bogos, 



p. 43 (1873). 

 Megalaima uropygialis, Goffin, Mtts. 'Pays-Bas, Buccones, p. 42 



(1863) ; Gray, List Capit. Brit. Mus. p. 14 (1868) ; id. Hand-l. B. 



ii. p. 176, no. 8470 (1870) ; Heuql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pp. 761, clix, 



tab. xxviii. (1871) ; Cab. J.f. O. 1878, p. 240. 



Adult. Of small size ; forehead scarlet on a yellow ground ; patch 

 on rump fiery red, slightly varied with black ; abdomen whitish, 

 washed with pale sulphur-yellow ; under tail-coverts sulphur- 

 yellow ; bill blackish ; feet dusky black ; iris dusky. Total length 

 4 inches, culmen about 5'", wing 1" l"'-2", tail 1" 3§"', tarsus 6'". 

 {^Heuijlin.^ 



Hah. rsorth-eastcrn Africa, extending to tlie Mombasa district 

 iu East Africa. 



