904 PROCEEDINaS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voi,. xxviri. 



This species appears not to have been recorded from Mount Kili- 

 manjaro under the name Iii'(i(Jiji>f<'ntx Ixirrdtfl^ })ut a careful examina- 

 tion of tlie description of Brddi/jdcnix riifofiavhlnx Reichenovv and 

 Neumann," from Mount Kilimanjai'o, seem to leave little doubt that 

 the latter is ))ut the juvenal i)lumaj>e of B. Jxn'rattl described above. 

 Tlu^ ranoe of B. Inwrnttl is thus extended from Natal and the Trans- 

 vaal to Mount Kilimanjaro. 

 ft 



CALAMONASTES SIMPLEX ( Cabanis) . 



'IlKniniohia siiiiph'.r C'ahanis, Journ. f. Oriiitli., ISTS, j)]). 205, 221 (Ndi, Teita, 

 ^.i-itish East Africa). 



One :uhdt mal(>, from Taveta, August 15, 1SS8. 



APALIS THESCELA, new species. 



i'hai'K. sp. — Resembling- Apallx grlselceps^ but occiput and cervix 

 brown without a slaty tinge; back, rump, together with edgings of 

 upper wing-coverts and wing-quills, slate color with but a slight wash 

 of olive green; sides of l)reast brown with scarcely any olive green; 

 lining of wing pure white; abdomen white, with only a faint tinge of 

 yellow; four outer tail-feathers tipped with white. 



Descrip>fion.~^Ty\)e, adult male, Cat. No. 11S()74, U.S.N.M.; Mount 

 Kilimanjaro, East Africa, 6,000 feet, Augusts, lS8S;Dr. W. L. Abliott. 

 Whole head and cervix ))roccoli brown, paler on forehead, cheeks, and 

 auriculars; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts slate color with a wash 

 of olive green, this most conspicuous On the middle of the back; tail 

 blackish slate color, the central feathers margined with lighter, the 

 two outer pairs with their terminal half white, the next pair with the 

 terminal third of the inner vane white, the fourth pair with white tips; 

 wing-quills and superior coverts sepia brown, all edged exteriorly 

 with slightly greenish slate color, the quills with paler brown inner 

 margins; chin, throat, and breast white, with a black band across 

 the jugulum; sides of breast gra^dsh l)rown, with a very slight Avash 

 of olive green; remainder of under surface yellowish white, the 

 flanks tinged with ashy; lining of wing white; thighs pale brown. 

 Length of wing, 53; tail, 50; exposed culmen, 11; tarsus, 20.5; mid- 

 dle toe, 11.5 nun. 



Doctoi" Abt)ott o])tained onl}" the single specimen above described, 

 but its differences from Apalis giHseicep.s^'' with which alone it needs 

 comparison, are so marked, and so improWbly those of either sex, 

 age, or season, that it appears to represent a species hitherto unde- 

 scribed. In Ajxdis griseiceps, which was also first discoAered on Mount 



"Ornitli. .Aloiiatsber., 1895, p. 75. See also Neumann, Jonrn. f. Ornith., 1900, 

 p. ;!05. 



'' Iveiclu'iKiw and Neiiiiianii, Ornith. .Moiialslx'i'., 1S95, p. 75. 



