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becoming deeper on the latter part; remainder of under 

 parts white; thighs blackish brown; under wing-coverts 

 white; lining to quills pale fulvous : iris black; bill black ; 

 legs and feet blackish brown. Length 5 inches, culmen OG, 

 wing 2*6, tail 175, tarsus 085. 



The sexes are alike in plumage. Nearest ally, C. cyorni- 

 thopsis Sharpe (Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 4) from Cameroon. 



Rare. Frequents high ground. It is a silent and shy 

 bird, keeping much to the ground and low undergrowth. 



Named after Captain Robert Alexander. 



GG. Pratincola axillaris Shelley. 



Pratincola axillaris Shelley, Birds Afr. i. no. 1191 (189G). 



Seven adult and two immature males. Moka, December 

 1902. 



Confined to the southern portion of the island — in the 

 Moka Valley, which is overgrown with long grass and low 

 scattered bushes. 



G7. Turdus POENSIS. 



Turdus poensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 37 (1903); 

 Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 40 (1903); Salvad. Orn. Golfo 

 d. Guinea, iii. p. 106. 



a. Ad. S • Bakaki, 4000 feet, Nov. 19, 1902. 



b. Ad. S ? (types); ad. <J . Bakaki, Nov. 20, 1902. 



c. Ad. r? 6 c? <$• P' c o Joaquin, Dec. 10-12, 1902. 



d. Ad. (J. Moka, Dec. 13, 1902. 



Adult. General colour of upper parts olive-brown ; pri- 

 maries brown, edged on their outer webs with olive-brown ; 

 outer webs of secondaries of the same colour as the back, with 

 indistinct blackish bars across the webs; tail-feathers brown, 

 washed with olive on their outer webs; lores blackish ; chin 

 and throat white, with broad blackish-brown streaks to the 

 feathers; breast and flanks brown; feathers of the lower 

 breast with whitish crescentic terminal bands ; abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts white ; thighs brown ; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts orange-rufous ; lining to quills pale fawn- 

 coloured: iris hazel ; bill yellow; legs and feet brown. 



