372 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



Hist. xii. p. 479 (1843 : Fernando Po) ; Allen & Thomson, 

 Narr. Exped. Niger, ii. p. 491 (1848 : Fernando Po) ; Fraser, 

 Zool. Typ. pi. xlii. fig. 1 (1819) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, 

 p. 15 (Fernando Po) ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 58 (1857 : Fer- 

 nando Po) : Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 201. no. 2836 (1869: 

 Fernando Po). 



Prima olivacea Strickl. P. Z. S. 1844, p. 99 (Fernando Po : 

 type, Brit. Mus.) ; id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xv. p. 126 

 (1845 : Fernando Po) ; Allen & Thomson, Narr. Exped. 

 Niger, ii. p. 494 (1848 : Fernando Po). 



Chloropeta olivacea Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 17 (Fernando 

 Po) ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 60 (1857: Fernando Po). 



Drymoica olivacea Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 201. no. 2837 

 (1869: Fernando Po). 



Enprinodes rufigularis Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. 

 p. 108. 



Enprinodes olivaceus Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. 

 p. 108. 



Apalis rufigularis Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 989 (1896). 



Apalis olivacea Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 994 (1896). 



Adult male. General colour above slaty grey, washed with 

 olive-green on the back and rump ; wing-coverts brown, 

 edged with olive-green ; quills and secondaries brown, with 

 olive edges to the latter ; tail-feathers dusky brown, the two 

 central uniform, the next two white with broad brown edges 

 along the webs, the two outer entirely white ; ear-coverts 

 slaty grey ; cheeks, throat, and breast pale rufous ; remainder 

 of under surface dull white, washed with ashy on the flanks; 

 thighs slaty grey ; under wing-coverts white : bill black ; 

 iris orange; legs slaty brown; feet warm flesh-coloured. 

 (Bakaki, Nov. 15, 1903.) 



Total length 4*2 inches (measured in flesh), culmen 05, 

 wing 1*9, tail 17, tarsus 06. 



It is very interesting to have re-discovered this species, 

 previously known only from Fraser's type in the British 

 Museum. That specimen is, however, in poor condition and 

 appears to have been at one time in spirits. I have therefore 

 thought it advisable to give a full description of our specimen, 



