of North-eastern Africa. 93 



subalaribiis albidis, flavido lavatis ; rostro rubenti-flavido, 



culmine et apicc maxillae nigricante ; iride belvola ; pedi- 



bus flavo rubellis. 

 Long. tot. -i", rostr. a fr. 3-8'", al. 1" 7'", caud. 1" 9i"', tars. 

 7'". 

 $ Minor, pallidius tincta, marginibus exterioribus cubitalium 



niagis cincrascentibus. 



An aberrant form, with a rather phyllopneustine bill ; the co- 

 louring also resembles that of Phyllopneuste. The fourth primary 

 is the longest, the third scarcely shorter. The rather long rec- 

 trices are narrow, and the tail is rather strongly graduated. 



Lives singly, and in pairs, in Southern Kordofan, Western 

 Sennaar, and along the Abiad and Gazelle Rivers, generally in 

 thorny bushes or upon acacias and nebeq-trees. Song and call- 

 note very clear, like those of Drymceca damans. 



11. Drym(eca iodoptera, Heugl. J.f. 0. 1864, p. 258. 

 (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Supra delicatissime ex purpurascente hepatico-cinerea, pileo vix 

 saturatiore, cervice purius caerulescenti-cinerea, uropygio 

 et supracaudalibus Isete ochraceis, his apice rufo lavatis ; 

 tectricibus alarum purpurascenti-hepaticis, Iretius purpu- 

 rascenti rufo marginatis; remigibus et tertiariis cinerascenti- 

 fumosis, Isete rufo marginatis, illis iutus basin versus 

 pallide hepatico-albido limbatis ; rectricibus tergjeo concolo- 

 ribus, exterioribus pallidius fumosis, mediaais rufescenti-, 

 extimis basin versus magis fulvescenti-marginatis et ante 

 apicem albicantem macula obsoleta fumosa notatis; genis 

 delicate cincrascentibus ; gula albida ; gastrseo reliquo de- 

 licate fulvescenti-, abdomine postico saturatius rufescenti- 

 ochraceo lavato; rostro rufescenti-cerino ; iride helvola; 

 pedibus rufescenti flavidis. 

 Long. tot. 5"-5" 5'", rostr. a fr. 6"'i-7"', al. 1" 11|"', caud. 



2" 2'", tars. 9"'-9^'". 



One specimen of this species, which is very strongly marked by 

 the striking liver-grey colour of its back and bright purple- 

 red wing-coverts, as also by its long, strongly curved and yet 

 powerful bill, shows no trace of dark spots at the tip of the 

 tail, the feathers of which are narrow. The wings are short 

 and rather acute, and do not extend much beyond the root of 

 the tail. 



