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the tip as in A. 7uaileri, thus being proportionally more distant 

 than in that species. 



The rictal bristles are weak; first primary quite pointed; rufous 

 color on under surface of wing occupies almost exactly the same 

 area as in A. 7oa//eri, but on the second primary the inner half 

 of the inner web only is rufous ; second and third primaries 

 almost equal in length ; fourth primary longest ; tail considerably 

 graduated, distance between longest and shortest feathers .60 

 inch. Tarsus scutellated. 



6. Pholidauges femoralis, new species. 



Pliolidangcs pschcri Shelley, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1SS9, 36S 

 (Kilimanjaro, 6000 feet). 



Type. — No. 118111, U. S. N. M.; male, adult, Mount Kilinianjaro, 6000 

 feet, June 12, 1S88; Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 



Entire upper surface (except wings and tail), sides of head and neck, 

 throat, chest, breast (extending down to a blunt point in the centre), 

 thighs and ffemoral region, black, with a purplish gloss; sides of lower 

 breast, sides of bod^', abdomen, and under tail-coverts cream color, some- 

 what mixed on sides of breast and bodv with dull black; lesser and middle 

 wing-coverts like the back ; greater and primary coverts greenish black 

 edged with a purplish gloss; wings and tail greenish black, with a slight 

 edging of purplish on the outer webs; feathers of both wings and tail 

 rayed or ribbed in certain lights ; longer feathers of upper tail-coverts 

 greenish black with slight purplish edges, and rayed when held in proper 

 lights; axillaries dull blackish with a purplish gloss on some of the 

 feathers; edge of wing glossy purplish black; imder wing-coverts dull 

 slaty black, with a purplish edging on some of the outer feathers, and a 

 small creamy white spot formed by the tips of some of the middle ones. 

 Length (skin), 6.75 inches; wing, 3.75; tail, 2.80; tarsus, .92 ; culmen, .70 

 (.35 from distal end of nostril) ; first primary (from point of insertion), 



.82. 



This species appears to be very distinct from any one previously 

 described. It at first occurred to me that it might be the male of 

 F. Jisc/ic'?-/\ with which, indeed, Captain Shelley identifies it, but 

 upon referring to the description and colored plate of the latter it 

 is seen that the female of P. fischeri has the middle tail feathers 

 and the inner tertiaries green, with a pronounced metallic sheen, 

 in strong contrast with an otherwise dull plumage ; the male here 



