On a new Species of Flycatcher. 373 



XXX. — On a new Species of Flycatcher of the Genus 

 Hyliota. By Dr. G. Hartlaub. 



(Plate VIII.) 



I PROPOSE to dedicate to Herr Amtsrath Nehrkoriij of 

 Riddagshausen_, a distinct new species of Flycatcher of the 

 genus Hyliota, of which he has sent me an example for 

 examination, and to call it 



Hyliota nehrkorni, n. sp. (Plate VIII.) 

 Supra unicolor, chalybseo-uigra; subtus ochroleuca, pectore 

 et epigastric intensius tinctis, gula et abdomine palli- 

 dioribus, albidis ; subalaribus nigris ; subcaudalibus 

 albis ; remigibus totis nigris ; rectricibus nigris, inter- 

 mediis dorso concoloribus : rostro et pedibus nigris ; 

 vibrissis brevissimis. Long. tot. circa 122 mm., al. 77 

 mm., caud. 37 mm., tars. 17 mm. 



Hab. Accra, West Africa (one adult specimen). 



The general form of this little bird is quite that of a true 

 Hyliota. The upper parts are glossy blue-black, with steel- 

 blue reflections; the feathers of the rump are somewhat 

 long and lax, greyish white, with steel-bluish ends. The 

 quills are black. There is not the slightest trace of white 

 markings on the wing. The tail-feathers are black, the 

 middle ones glossed with steel-blue ; the under wing-coverts 

 black ; the under tail-coverts white. The body beneath is 

 ochraceous, deeper on the breast and epigastrium, pale and 

 more whitish on the throat and abdomen. The bill and feet 

 are black. 



The differential peculiarity of this new species of Hyliota 

 is the entire absence of white on the wing. 



The known species of Hyliota are now, therefore, five in 

 number : — 



1. H. fiavigastra, Swains. ; Hartl. in Cab. J. f. O. 1883, 

 p. 323. 



Hab. Senegambia; Niger Valley; Djur and Kosanga 

 countries in N.E. Africa; Langomeri (3° 30' N. lat.). 



2. //. violacea, J. Verr. ; Hartl. 1. c. p. 327. 

 Hab. Gaboon. 



