104 Dr. von Heugliu on the Muluriiise 



Said also to occur on the Caaraa and Ogobia Rivers in West 

 Africa (Du Chaillu) (??). 



21 flf. Drymceca leucopyga, Heugl., Syst. Ueb. No. 170. 



Similis DrymceccB ruficipiti, at robustior, rostro longiore, vali- 

 diore, corneo nigricante ; pileo, cervice et supracaudalibus 

 saturatius fuscescenti-rufis ; uropygio late fulvescenti- 

 albido ; cauda magis obtusa^ subtus minus conspicue albo 

 notata; rectricis extimse pogonio externo delicate albo 

 niarginato, nee toto albo ; interscapulii plumis, scapula- 

 ribus et tertiariis obscurioribus, vix nigris rufescenti-fulvo 

 marginatis. 

 Long. tot. 5\", rostr. a fr. ^"', al. 2" 2^'", caud. 1" 9|"', 

 tars, vix 9'". 



Whether this form is really to be separated specifically from 

 Drymceca riificeps must be left for the present undecided, as I 

 have not at hand the necessary number of specimens for com- 

 parison. We killed it in Semien up to 11,000 feet, in Galabet 

 and Eastern Sennaar, where it occurs chiefly in the savannas. 



21 b. Drymceca scotoptera, Sundev. (Efvers., 1850, p. 129. 



" Superne grisescens maculis dorsi magnis nigris; uropygio 

 rufescenti-fusco. Caput superne cum cervice obscure fulvo- 

 rufescens, postice obsolete fusco maculatum, GastrEeum 

 immaculatum, albido fulvum, gula ventreque medio purius 

 albis. Remiges extus fuscescentes, vix pallido margmatis; 

 cauda minus elongata pennis superne fusco-nigricantibus, 

 apice pure albis, obtusis, basin versus rufescenti fusco- lim- 

 batis ; 2 mediis immaculatis; 4|-5 poll.; al. 5*2 mm.; 

 t. 20; c. 45; r. a fr. 11. Affiuis D. ruficipiti, Riipp., sed 

 minor; rostrum fortius, culmine sat arquato. E Sennaaria 

 allata." — Sundev. /. c. 



The measurements reduced to Paris inches and lines give : — 

 Wing 1" 11'", tarsus 9'", tail 1" 8'", bill from the forehead 5'". 

 Not examined by me. 



21 c. Drymceca fulvescens, Sundev., (Efvers. 1850, p. 129. 



" Similis D. scotopterce ; pictura ejus omnino, sed color ubique 

 magis fulvescens. Caput superne, alse extus, uropygium 

 et limbi rectricum rufescenti-fulva. Dorsum fulvescens, 

 maculis nigris. Gastrseum totum pallide fulvescens. Rec- 

 trices apice pure alba?, subacutte. 



