103 Dr. von Heuglin on the Maluriuse 



batis j rectricibus fusco nigris (-}- medianis pallidioribus), 

 ex cano fulvescente marginatis, ante apicem albidum fascia 

 nigricante, deinde basin versus fascia altera^ 5'" lata, fulves- 

 cente notatis ; genis cano fulvescentibus ; stria superciliari 

 et ciliis pallide fulvis : subtus fulvescente albida, pectoris 

 lateribus obsolete nigricante striolatis ; rostro fuscescente 

 corneo, mandibula ilavicante ; iride helvola ; pedibus ru- 

 bello cerinis. 

 Long. tot. 54", rostr. a fr. 6-1'", al. 2" 4^'", caud. 2" |"', 

 tars. 10'". 



A species distinguished by the unspotted brownish-grey vertex 

 tinged with ferruginous, especially towards the forehead, the 

 dull grey margins of the mantle-feathers, and the peculiar 

 marking of the tail. The ground-colour of the I'ectrices is 

 smoky or smoky-black ; at the tip a rather narrow white spot, 

 sometimes washed with yellowish-grey, appears ; above this a 

 blackish transverse band nearly 3"' broad, and above this again 

 an ochraceous band nearly 5"' broad, which is very distinctly 

 marked upon the inner vane. The sides of the face are dull 

 mouse-grey or ochraceous; the eyelids and superciliary streak very 

 light ochreous-yellow ; the loins in some specimens are of a 

 greyish tinge. 



The description is from the original specimen in the Sencken- 

 bergian Museum, which was probably killed in Eastern Abyssinia. 

 It lives, according to Eiippell, singly in thickets and thin shrub- 

 beries on the plateau of Abyssinia. 



20. Drymceca ANTiNOEii, Salvad.,Heugl,J.f.0.1867, p.202. 

 *' Drymceca ?," Antin., Cat. p. 37. 



" Major ; supra unicolore rufo-fuliginosa, subtus albida, hypo- 

 chondriis et subcaudalibus isabellino rufescentibus ; rectri- 

 cibus fusco-rubescentibus, lineis minutissimis indistincte 

 transversim striatis ; pogonio interno atque partim externo 

 apicem versus, macula nigra notato ; remigibus obscuris, 

 rufo marginatis ; rostro corneo, robusto, incurvo ; iride 

 fusca." 

 " Fu ucciso da me il 10 aprile del 1861, fra i cespugli che erano 

 attorno ad un piccol lago per entro la tribu degli Elwasch, fra il 

 7 e 6 L. N., nello interno del Gazal.^^ — Antin. /. c. 



According to a communication from De Filippi this species. 



