of North-eastern Africa. 87 



albo limbato ; rostro fusco, dimidio basali maudibulae flavo ; 

 pedibus pallide corneis ; iride fusca. 

 Long. tot. 6i", rostr. a fr. 6\"' , al. 2" 10'", tars. 1", cauda 

 2" 9'". 



The fourth primary is the longest, the third a full line, and 

 the second 5 lines shorter ; the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth 

 remiges scarcely shorter than the third. Tail only slightly 

 graduated. 



Has hitherto been found only in Shoa, where this Warbler, 

 which is very remarkable for its coloration, appears to be rather 

 rare. ]\Iost nearly allied to Erythropyyia pectoralis, Smith, from 

 South Africa. 



Genus Drymceca, Swains. 



6. Drym(eca rufifrons. 



Malurus rufifrons, Riipp., N. W. tab. 41, fig. 1. Drymceca 

 nififrons, Riipp., Syst. Ueb. No. 121 ; Heugl., Ibis, 1859, p. 340, 

 Faun. Roth. Meer, No. 62 ; Brehm, Habesch, No. 287 ; Hartl., 

 W. Afr. p. 169. 



Fronte cinnamomeo-rufa ; pileo, nucha, collo postico et laterali, 

 interscapulio et tergo cinereo murinis; alis umbrino murinis, 

 tectricibus et tertiariis albido limbatis ; gutture, subalari- 

 bus et subcaudalibus albis ; pectore et abdomine Isete flavi- 

 cante albis ; tibialibus rubiginosis ; rectricibus fusco nigri- 

 cantibus, delicate fasciolatis, extima margine laterali et 

 macula majore apicali, binis sequentibus macula apicaii 

 albis; rostro nigi'icante; iride ochracea; annulo perioph- 

 thalmico nudo Isete rubiginoso-flavido ; pedibus rubello- 

 ochraceis. 

 Long. tot. 4" 6'", al. 1" 7'", caud. 2" 2*'", tars. S^'", rostr. a 

 fr. 5'". 



The fifth and sixth remiges the longest ; the first about half 

 as long. In this species the naked ring round the eye is very 

 remarkable, somewhat swollen, and very brightly coloured, as in 

 Sylvia melanocephala ; it is not mentioned by Riippell, Brehm, 

 or Hartlaub. The coloration of the tail is also aberrant. 



This brisk and lively Warbler, which renders itself remarkable 

 by its shrill melodies, inhabits, according to my observations, 

 only the west coast of the Red Sea, from latitude 17° N., the 

 bay of Tedjura, and the Somali coast, and occurs usually in 

 pairs in acacia-thickets and on euphorbias and stapelias. Dr. 



