156 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



Zomba, tlie latter name having priority; and it is^ in our 

 opinion, somewhat doubtful whether ^S^. pallida Alexander 

 (sec above, p. 75) is really distinct from this species, and 

 whether the pale colouring of the superciliary stripes, sides 

 of the face, and underparts may not be merely due to wear. 

 The bill is, however, black in S. pallida and rather stronger, 

 while in S. whytii it is brownish horn-colour. 



Two small birds from Manda Island [the same individuals 

 to which Mr. Alexander has referred as typical examples of 

 S. leucopsis Reich, (Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. xlviii, 1899)] prove 

 to belong to a distinct species, which I propose to call 



Sylviella minima, sp. n.* 



Adult male and female. Easily distinguished from the 

 allied forms S. whytii and S. isabellina by having the upper 

 parts pale grey, tinged with olive, especially on the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts. Total length about 3*2 inches ; 

 culmenO-55; wing, J^ 2'\, ? 2-0; tail 0-9; tarsus 0-7. 



Hab. Manda Island, British East Africa [F. J. Jackson). 

 \_Ti/pes of the species.'\ 



S. baraha Sharpe appears to be founded on immature 

 examples of S. virens (Cass.). 



As some of the species of the genus Sylviella have been 

 much confused, 1 append a Key : — 



Key to the Species f. 



A. Crown grey like tlie upper parts ; in S. minima the 

 upper parts are slightly washed with olive. 

 a. Middle of the breast and belly white, contrasting 

 rather sharply with the rufous-cinnamou of the 

 upper breast, sides, and flanks. 

 «\ Superciliar}' stripe, cheeks, and throat white ; a well- 

 marked black band from the base of the bill to 

 the eye ; culmen shorter and stouter, 0'48 inch . . micrura. 

 b^. Superciliary stripe, cheeks, chin, and throat cin- 

 namon-rufous ; bill longer and more slender, 0-58 

 inch brachyura. 



* See Alexander, above, p. 75, PI. I. fig. 2. 



t Sylviella rnjiymis Ileich. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 125, from the Upper Congo, 

 has not been examined and is not included in the Key. 



