150 Mr. S. A. Neave on the Birds of 



213. Phylloscopus tkochilus. 



Phylloscopus trochilus (L.) ; Reich, loc. cit. vol. iii. p. 644. 



No. 395. S • Lufupa R., 4000 ft., Oct. 12, 1907. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet dark olive- 

 brown ; iris dark brown. 



No. 396. ? . Lufupa R., Oct. 12, 1907. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet olive- 

 yellow ; iris dark brown. 



No. 440. $ . Near Serenje, X.E. Rhodesia, 1500 ft., 

 Dec. 10, 1907. 



Bill brownish, base of lower mandible yellow; feet yellow- 

 brown : tarsi dark olive-brown. 



No. 78 1, J . E. of L. Bangweolo, Oct. 20, 1908. 



Bill brownish, paler below; Beet yellowish brown; iris 

 brown. 



No. 789. J. Chambezi R., Oct. 21, 1908. 



Dill brownish, base of lower madible and gape yellow ; feet 

 olive-brownish ; iris dark brown. 



The Willow-Wren appears in Pair numbers about October 

 towards the beginning of the rains. It is usually seen in 

 pairs or small parties. 



2 1 1. A PALIS FLORISUGA. 



Apalis florisuga (Reich.); Neave, loc. cit. p. 67. 

 I did not met with this Luangwa Valley bird anywhere 

 west of the Mchinga Escarpment. 



245. Dryodromas pearson i. (Plate II.) 



I hyodromas pearsoni Neave, Ann. N. H. (8) vol. iv. 

 p. 130 (1909). 



This very distinct little species is allied to J), rnjifrons, 

 with some points of resemblanee to Prin'm moelleri Hoe. The 

 most noticeable point is the long black tail of the bird, 

 the feathers of which have ashy tips ; crown ferrugineous, 

 back reddish olive, rump and upper tail-coverts ashy; under 

 surface white, the throat and fore-neck being tinged with 

 pale fawn ; flanks ashy. 



Total length i"l inches ; culmen0'45; wing 2*0; tail 2*0; 

 tarsus 0'65. 



