70 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



agree, especially in the distinctions drawn between S. micrura 

 (Rlipp.) and S. brachyura (Lafr.). Dr. Reichenow has also 

 given a key to the species of Sylviella {" Ueber Sylviella- 

 Arten ") in the ' Ornithologische Monatsberichte ' for 1900 

 (pp. 21, 22). 



Mr. Grant thinks that there can be no doubt that my 

 S. jacksoni is the same as S. ivhytii of Shelley, but, with 

 some more specimens of the former before me, the two 

 seem to me to be easily recognizable. 



Of S. pallida I am unable to judge without seeing the 

 type. One specimen presented to the Museum by 

 Capt. Boyd Alexander appears to have a dark eye- streak, 

 and to be Sylviella flecki of Reichenow (Orn. MB. ]900, 

 p. 22). Another specimen from Tete is determined by 

 Mr. Grant as S. pallida, but seems to me to be *S^. whytii. — 

 R. B. S.] 



194. Sylviella leucophrys. 



Sylviella leucophrys Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 120; id. op. cit. 

 1892, p. 159; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 70 (1896). 



No. 1063. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 4, 1898. Iris 

 bright crimson-brown ; eyelids brown ; bill pale brown, 

 lower mandible paler still ; feet light brown with pinkish 

 tint. Types procured on Mount Elgon. First seen since 

 its discovery in February 1890, This little bird creeps about 

 in thick bru:<li like Camaroptera brevicaudata. 



Fam. T u R D I D iE. 



195. COSSYPHA lOL/EMA. 



Cossypha caffra (nee L.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 160 ; 

 Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 226 (1894) (Kilima- 

 njaro) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 84 (18 J6, partim). 



Cossypha caffra mauensis O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 309. 



No. 122. S juv. Mau, 8000 feet, June 2Q, 1896. Iris 

 brown; bill, upper mandible dull brown, lower mandible 

 yellowish white ; feet bluish flesh-colour. 



No. 200. S ad. Ravine, Mau, July 25, 1896, Ins 

 brown ; bill and feet black. Plentiful in thick bush, though 

 not often seen. 



