collected in East Africa. 159 



128, Sylviella leucophrys. 



Sylviella leucophrys, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 120. 



No. 285. (J. Mt. Elgon, Feb. 21, 1890.— Irides bright 

 brown or reddish ; bill pale fleshy brown, the lower 

 mandible flesh-colour; legs fleshy red. First seen on 

 this date. Found in bamboo-forest at 7000 feet. 



No. 311. ? . Mt. Elgon, Feb. 25, 1890.— Bill fleshy brown, 

 the feet a shade darker ; irides bright brown. In thiek 

 forest. 

 There is no difference in the colour of the sexes. The 



male measures as follows : — Total length 35 inches, cul- 



men 0*5, wing 2*3, tail 0"95, tarsus 085. 



129. Thamnobia subrufipennis. 



Thamnolaa albiscapulata (nee Riipp.); Fischer, Zcitschr. 

 ges. Orn. i. p, 303 (1884; Maurui) ; id. J, f. O. 1885, 

 p. 142. 



Thamnoleea subrufipennis, Reichen. J. f. O. 1837, p. 78 

 (Ussure : Magala Steppes, Schasche). 



(J ad. Similis T. cinnamomeiventri, sed cauda basin versus 

 fere dimidiali rufa. Long, tot, 8, culm. 085, alte 46, 

 caudse 4*5, tarsi 1*15. 



The male of this apparently new species is very similar to 

 the male of T. cinnamomeiventris of South Africa, and, like 

 that species, has chestnut upper and under tail-coverts ; but 

 it is easily recognized by the greater amount of chestnut at 

 the base of the tail, which extends for nearly half the length 

 of the latter, whereas in T. cinnamomeiventris the chestnut 

 base is extremely restricted and is entirely hidden by the 

 upper tail-coverts. 



The female of T. subrufipennis is even more diff'erent from 

 the corresponding sex of T. cinnamomeiventris than the male. 

 The characters which separate the two birds can, perhaps, 

 be better exemplified by a comparison as follows : — 



