collected in East Africa. 161 



primary-coverts, and quills browner tlian tlie back, fringed 

 witb slaty grey, more especially on the inner secondaries ; 

 tail-feathers brown, washed with slaty grey on the edges; 

 crown of head rather browner than the back ; lores blackish ; 

 ear-coverts and sides of face brown Avith a slight wash ot 

 slaty grey ; base of chin whitish ; throat and chest slaty grey, 

 the latter uniform, the upper throat streaked with black, 

 more distinctly along the malar line; remainder of under sur- 

 face of body from the chest downwards orange-buff, including 

 the thighs and under wing-coverts ; sides of lower flanks and 

 hinder aspect of thighs ashy ; under tail-coverts varied, the 

 centre of the feathers white, expanding in a fan-like form 

 towards the ends, each feather being ashy brown on the 

 sides ; quills dusky brown below, pale orange along the 

 inner web. Total length 8*4 inches, culmen 0*95, wing 4'2, 

 tail 3-4, tarsus 1-2. 



The second specimen, also a male, differs from the one 

 described in having the throat almost uniform ashy, with only 

 a few traces of black streaks on the malar line. 



133. Pratincola axillaris. 



Pratincola axillaris, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 556, 1885, 

 p. 226, 1889, p. 363 (Kilimanjaro). 

 Nos. 8, 9. c? $ . Sotik, Oct. 5, 1889. In pairs.. 



134. Pratincola, sp. inc. 



No. 25. $ . KikuyUjAug.26,1889. — Irides brown; legs black. 

 A hen bird, Avhich I have not succeeded in determining. 



135. MONTICOLA SAXATILIS. 



Monticola saxatiUs, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 575; Fischer, 

 Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 302 (1884; Maurui, Little Aruscha) ; 

 id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 142 (Bagamoyo ; Lamu) ; Reichenb. J. f. 

 O. 1887, p. 78 (Kagehi). 

 No. 32. S ■ Kikumbuliu, Dec. 23, 1888. 

 No. 88. S • Machako's, March 4, 1889. 



136. Monticola uufocinerea. 



Monticola rirfociiierea, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (2) 

 i. p. 161 (Shoa) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 142 (Nai- 

 wascha). 



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