96 Dr. von Heuglin on the Malurinse 



Lives in pairs in the Abyssinian Mountains at from 5000 to 

 10,000 feet above the sea-level, especially in isolated thickets, in 

 wooded ravines, and torrents, sometimes also in tall grass. 

 The song is very loud and variable. I have some reason to 

 think that this bird may really coincide with D. luguhris (Uiipp.), 

 and that it is to be regarded as the young of the latter spe- 

 cies, but I have have no definite data upon this point. The 

 coloration is very different, but not the structure of the tail or 

 the distribution of colour upon it, especially the indication of 

 the triple band at the tip. For the present I cite the two 

 forms as specifically distinct. 



14. Drym(eca cantans. 



Drymoeca cantans, Heugl., Syst. Ueb. No. 174. i). lugubrist, 

 Heugl., J. f. O. 1861, p. 194. 



Media ; pileo et nucha saturate umbrino rufis, immaculatis ; 

 loris et superciliis latis, conspicuis, fulvescenti-albidis ; in- 

 terscapulio, scapularibus et tergo fuscescenti-canis, con- 

 spicue fusco-nigricante striatis ; uropygio et supracauda- 

 libus ex olivaceo cano fulvescentibus, immaculatis ; tectri- 

 cibus alarum cano-fumosis, pallide marginatis, minoribus 

 magis cano tinctis ; tertiariis saturate fumosis, dorsi colore 

 dilute marginatis (marginibus in plerisque aut rufescenti-, 

 aut sordide fulvescenti-lavatis) ; rectricibus fumosis, extus, 

 basin versus, magis conspicue rufescenti-marginatis, intius 

 basin versus ex hepatico-fulvo limbatis, rectricibus latus- 

 culis,ex olivaceo cano umbrinis,vix pallidius marginatis, |ex- 

 timis apice late albis, omnibus macula anteapicali nigricante 

 notatis; subtus ex fulvescente albicans, vix olivaceo lavata; 

 gula purius alba ; lateribus pectoris canescente tinctis ; 

 tibialibus rufescentibus ; rostro fuscescenti-corneo, mandi- 

 bulse tomiis pallidioribus ; iride helvola; pedibus cerino 

 rubellis, hypodactylis griseis. 

 Long. tot. 5" 2'", rostr. a fr. 4-8'"-5'", al. 2"-2" 1|"', caud. 

 2" 2i"'-2" 5i"', tars. 9"'. 



This species, estabhshed upon six specimens in the Museums 

 at Stuttgart, Frankfort, and Vienna, is distinguished from Dry- 

 mceca lugubris by the distinct whitish superciliar streak, much 

 brighter brownish-rusty vertex and nape, the lighter-coloured 

 and less distinct streak on the shafts of the mantle, by the 

 sides of the breast and the tail-coverts being spotless, the 



