138 Dr. von Heuglin on the Maluvinse 



31. Hemipteryx habessinica, Hengl. 



Similis Drymcecoi cisticol<e, at Isetius tincta, alis longioribus^ cauda 

 breviore, minus graduata;,rectricibus angustioribus ct absque 

 maculis anteapicalibus nigricantibus ; uropygio et snpra- 

 caudalibus lajte fulvo-riifescentibus, nigricante striolatis. 

 Supra Iffite ochraceo-fulva, plumis medio longitudiualiter 

 nigricanti-fuscis, superciliis, regione ophthahnica et abdo- 

 mine ex llavicanti-fulvidis, lateraliter lajtius rufescenti-fulvo 

 lavatis ; rectricibus f'uliginoso-nigricantibus, ex rufescenti- 

 fulvo marginatis, apice et pogonio externo primse fulvo albi- 

 dis; rostro corneo; iride helvola ; pedibus rubentibus. 



Long. tot. 4" 6'", rostr. a fr. vix 4'", al. 1" 11^'", caud. 1" 

 2h"', tars. 8'". 



The less graduated and considerably shorter tail, the smoky 

 black rectrices, which are scarcely paler beneath, and not washed 

 with grey, and have not the characteristic dark spot before the 

 whitish tip, and the somewhat longer remiges clearly dis- 

 tinguish this species from Drymceca cisticola. The striation of 

 the upper surface is also much narrower, with the margins of 

 the feathers brighter ferruginous-yellow, and the lower surface 

 of a much fresher yellowish-tawny colour. In the Museum at 

 Frankfort there is a bird which belongs here as regards its pro- 

 portions and the markings of its tail, and differs from mine only 

 by the presence of several distinct and large smoky black spots 

 upon the sides of the breast, and by the rather broader striatiou 

 of the upper surface. It is marked " Drymceca erythrogeniSj 



In this form the outer toe is rather shorter than the inner 

 one ; it is therefore best placed in Hemipteryx. 



We killed this species repeatedly about marshes, and on damp 

 meadows in the neighbourhood of Adoa, and on Lake Dembea. 



Genus Camaroptera, Suudevall. 



32. Camaroptera brevicaudata. 



Sylvia brevicaudata, Riipp., Atl. tab. 35. fig. 6. Ficedula bre- 

 vicaudata, Riipp., Syst. Ueb. No. 149. Orthotomus griseoviridis, 

 Von Miill., Naumannia, 1851, iv. p. 27. O. damans, Heugl., 

 Syst. Ueb. No. 179; Bp., Consp. Av. i. p. 258. Camaroptera 



