collected in North NijasuJand. 535 



c?. Total length 67 inches, culmen 0'55, wing 3-2, 

 tail 3'2, tarsus 0'85. 



? . Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-3, tail 3-2, 

 tarsus 0*85. 



This species belongs to that group of the genus Andropagus 

 with no moustachial streak and no yellow under tail-coverts. 



a. Upper parts uniform green with no rufous 



shade on the tail. 



a. Larger : wing 3-8 inches A. mo7itanus. 



b'. Smaller : wing 3"2 to 3'3 inches ; bill not 



serrated A. 7nasukuensis. 



b. With a rufous shade on the tail, 

 c'. Wing not less than 3 inches. 



(r. Under wing-coverts and inner edges of 

 quills yellow ; wing 3-45 inches ; bill 

 generally but not always serrated A. importwms. 



b'. Under wing-coverts olive-yellow, like the 

 breast ; inner margins of quills brownish 



white A, zomhensis. 



d'. Wing less than 3 inches A. virens and minor. 



56. Criniger placidus. 



Criniger placidus (Shelley) ; id. B. Afr. i. p. 63, no. 876; 

 id. Ibis, 189G, p. 179. 



Xenocichla placida ; Shelley, Ibis, ISOi, p. 10. 



Phyllostrephus placidus, Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. 

 p. 206. 



Kombi and Songue, July. A male and female. This 

 species ranges northward to Kilimanjaro, 



57. Criniger olivaceiceps. 



Criniger olivaceiceps, Shelley, Ibis, 1896, p. 179. 

 Kombi (Masuku Plateau), 7000 ft., July. One female. 

 This appears to be a local common Nyasaland bird. 



58. Criniger fusciceps. 



Criniger fusciceps (Shelley) ; id. B. Afr. i. p. 63, no. 880; 

 id. Ibis, 1869, p. 232. 



Xenocichla fusciceps, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 13; 1894, p. 10, 

 pi. i. fig. 2, p. 468. 



Nyika Plateau and at mouth of \Yyic River in North 

 Nyasa. Five specimens;, showing that the sexes are similar 



