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wood l)rown or dull tiiwiiy \n\[\ on the iipixT })arts, principally on the 

 tips of the feathers; but hitin- in the season, in July or Aui>nst. this 

 wears ott', Unxvino- these ])arts ahnost solid l)lack. Some males, prob- 

 ably youno- of the previous year, have whitish or l)ntfy tips to the 

 feathers of the throat; more ])rownish wino--quills with more conspicu- 

 ous pale tawuy edg-ing-s on tertials and wing--coverts; and a suti'usion 

 of burt', more or less strong, on the abdomen. Not so much sunnner 

 change appears to take place in the streaked upper plumage of the 

 adult female, though one killed December 15, 1889, is almost uniform 

 brownish black alcove, all but narrow lateral traces of the buffy, })rown- 

 ish, or ochraceous edgings of the feathers having disajjpeared, and 

 those that remain of these are principally on the hack. Immature 

 females (juite closely resemble the adults, their chief ditference l3^ing 

 in the more l)lended appearance of the upper parts. One specimen 

 that is evidently an immature male is darker a))Ove, including wings, 

 tail, sides of head, and sides of neck, with a black throat somewhat 

 overlaid b}^ pale brown. The wing measurement in adult males of 

 our series ranges from (57 to 74 mm. 



In Prdfhicohi slhUId from Madagascar the inner webs of the wing- 

 (|uills haA'e pure white edgings, which increase inwardly until the 

 whole of the inner wel)s of the secondaries is white, while in Pratin- 

 cola (ixillin'ix these edgings are less extensive and pale brown. This 

 afi'ords a ready means of distinguishing the two species, especially in 

 fresh plumage, when the black axillars and under wing-coverts of 

 Pratliicoht a.rHhirlK: are broadly tipped with white. In size P. s/hllla 

 is about the same as J\ (U'llhifis. From Prutineola minx of western 

 Africa the present species ditfers luuch as it does from P. sihiJla^ and 

 in addition is of larger size, the wing of ]\ xa/(/,r measuring onl}' about 

 60 to 65 nun. 



PINAROCHROA HYPOSPODIA Shelley. 



PinarorJirod hi/pospodid Shelley, I'roc. Zool. So(\ Lond., 1885, p. 226, pi. xiii. 

 (Mount Kilimanjaro, f^ast Africa). 



Six specimens from Mount Kilimanjaro, at 10,000, 11,000, and 

 14,000 feet. Two of these in nuich worn plumage, taken November 

 15 and December 14, respectively, differ from two others in freshly 

 molted condition, shot April 15, in the more grayish tint of their 

 brown color, particularly on rump, upper tail-coverts, breast, sides, 

 flanks, and crissum. Two young birds, takeu November 15, 1888, in 

 a plumage that appears to be undescri])ed, contrast with the fresh plu- 

 maged adult in being rather lighter, more rufescent above, posteriori v 

 with broad obsolete blackish terminal l)ars; and somewhat duller 

 below, with obsolete irregular dusky bars and squamate markings. 



