Capt. G. E. Shelley on two new African Birds. 45 



the latter is paler than that of S. innetormn. All the other 

 colours are darker in about the same proportion, though the 

 difference in the colour of the lower parts is far less great. 



B. socialis has a similar reddish bill at some seasons, so it 

 is quite possible that this member may become entirely black 

 in midsummer specimens of S. jnnetorum. 



VI. — On tivo new Species of Birds from Africa. 

 By Captain G. E. Shelley. 



On receiving Mr. Sharpe's seventh volume of the ' Cata- 

 logue of Birds,' I was enabled to feel confident that I had 

 recently added to my collection examples of two species new 

 to science. One I propose to name after Mr. R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, as a mark of the high merit I consider every orni- 

 thologist should recognize in his work. 



1. Apalis sharpii, sp. n. 



General plumage slate-colour, passing into brownish black 

 on the entire head and neck. Sides of the body ashy grey, 

 fading into white down the centre of the lower breast and on 

 the under tail-coverts ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 white. There are only four feathers present in the tail of 

 this specimen ; three of these are narrowly tipped with huffish 

 white. Bill black ; legs rufous-brown. Total length 4*2 

 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 1"8, tail 1*8, tarsus 0"7. 



Hab. Gold Coast. 



Euprinodes schistaceus, Cass., appears to be the nearest ally ' 

 of this species, from which it may be readily distinguished 

 by the brownish-black colouring of the head and neck, the 

 darker deep slaty grey of the back, and the absence of any 

 olive shade. 



2. Crateropus squamulatus, sp. n. 



Upper parts brown, darker on the crown and nape, and 

 gradually shading into black towards the forehead, where the 

 feathers are narrowly edged with huffish white ; the buff edges 

 gradually become broader and browner towards the back of 



