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any description of Sun-Birds, nor with a specimen in our 

 collection. The whole upper surface is dark brown , the 

 feathers on the head faintly , those of back , upper tail- 

 coverts , scapulars and wing-coverts broadly margined with 

 olive-green ; quills and tail-feathers broadly edged with 

 olive-yellow. Tail-feathers dark brown , with paler tips , 

 which are largest on the outermost pair. Sides of head 

 dark grayish brown , like the front , without any superci- 

 liary stripe. Lower surface grayish olive-green , with the 

 exception of the throat which is yellowish white , especi- 

 ally on the moustachial streaks; under wing-coverts gray, 

 inner ones tinged with olive; pectoral tufts wanting. 

 Iris dark brown , bill black , angle and base of lower 

 landible orange-red , feet dark brown. 

 Wing 61 mM., tail 42, tarsus 15, bill from front 23. 



35. Anthreptes rectirostris (Shaw). 

 Butt. N. L. M. 1886, p. 251. 



Collected near Schieffelinsville and Hill Town. 



36. Prinia my stacea , Rüpp. 

 Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 171; id. 1886, p. 252. 



One specimen collected in a maniok-plantation on the 

 River Cess , during my journey along the coast to Cape 

 Palmas. 



37. Hylia prasina. 



Sylvia prasina, Cass. Proc. Acad. Philad. 1855, p. 325. 

 Stiphrornis superciliaris, Hartl. J. f, 0. 1855 , p. 355 (ex Temm. M. S.). 

 Chloropeta superciliaris , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 6Ö; id. J. f. 0. 



1860, p. 129; — Boc. Orn. d'Aagola, pp. 285, 555 (1881); 



— Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. VII. p. 172 (1883). 



Three specimens collected at SchieSelinsville. 

 Iris dark brown , bill black , feet grayish green. No dif- 

 ference in color between male and female. 



Notes from the Leyden Museura, Vol. X. 



