of Nuiih-eastern Africa. 105 



" Ala 50, tars. 21, c. 45, r. a. fr. 12, forma praecedentis. 



"Habitat in Sennaaria." — Sundev. /. c. 



The measurements reduced give: — Wing 2", tarsus 9"2"',tail 1" 

 8'", bill from the forehead 5-2'". 



As regards the general coloration and structure of the tail, 

 apparently most nearly allied to the next species. 



21 d. Drymoeca cordofana, nob. 



Similis D. ruficipiti, at rostro fusco longiore, magis arcuato, alis 



brevioribus ; Cauda magis graduata, pro mole longiore ; tergi 



et iuterscapulii colore obsoletiore, magis rufescente; uropygio 



postico albido. 



Long. tot. circa 4^", rostr. a fr. vix 5'", al. 1" 9^'", tars, vix 



8'", caud. 1" 8"'-l" 9'". 



Described from an old male from Kordofan, in the Museum 

 of Stuttgart. I do not venture to unite this form also with D. 

 rvficeps, although it is very nearly allied to it. Its bill is much 

 more slender, broader at the base, with the culmen sharper and 

 far more arched. Before the white tip of the first tail-feather 

 there is a blackish spot, which usually appears to be wanting in 

 D. ruficeps. 



22. Drymceca simplex, nob. 



Similis Drymceca ruficipiti, at pileo dorso concolore (nee rufes- 

 cente), obsolete fuscescenti-striolato ; rostro longiore, al- 

 tiore; alis brevioribus; supracaudalibus pallide cinera- 

 scenti-fuscis (nee rufis) ; digito externo breviore. Supra 

 pallide cinerasceuti-fuscescens ; pileo fuscescente striolato ; 

 interscapulio et scapularibus magis conspicue funioso nigri- 

 cante striatis ; remigibus fumosis, pogonio externo obsolete 

 pallide marginatis ; tertiariis et tectricibus alse majoribus 

 iumoso nigricantibus, rufescenti-fulvo marginatis ; uropygio 

 albicante ; rectricibus medianis fuscescentibus, vix rufes- 

 centi-lavatis ; reliquis magis cano-fuscescentibus, ante api- 

 cem albidum, cano lavatum, nigricante notatis ; gastraeo 

 fulvescenti-albido, loris, gula et abdomine medio purius 

 albis, pectoris lateribus fulvescente-cano adumbratis ; rostro 

 pallide incarnato corneo, culmine fusco; pedibus pallide 

 fulvis ; iride helvola. 

 Long. tot. circa 4|", rostr. a fr. 5'2"', al. 1" 11'", caud. 



1" 10'", tars. 9'". 



One would be led, on superficial examination, to regard the 



