] 20 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on new 



all the feathers tipped with white^ increasing in extent to- 

 wards the outer feather, of which it occupies the greater part 

 of the outer web as well ; head slaty grey ; lores, sides of face, 

 and ear-coverts black, followed by a broad moustachial streak 

 of white along the cheeks ; throat black ; fore neck and 

 breast bright yellow, tinged with green on the sides of the 

 body ; thighs grey ; under tail-coverts white ; under wing- 

 coverts white, washed with yellow. Total length 5 '4 inches, 

 culmen 06, wing 2*2, tail 2-55, tarsus 0"8. 



Hab. Mount Elgon. 



I have allowed this bird to stand in the genus Apalis, 

 but I am not sure that A. pulchra is congeneric with it. 

 For the present, however, I propose to retain this very 

 handsome nev/ species in the neighbourhood of Apalis 

 thoracica. Its black throat and white moustache render it 

 easily recognizable. 



9. EUPRINODES CINEREUS, Sp. U. 



Male. Slaty grey, a trifle browner on the head ; wing- 

 coverts like the back ; quills blackish, externally slaty grey ; 

 tail-feathers grey, the three outer feathers white, with the 

 exception of a blackish base to the inner web, the fourth 

 with a wedge-shaped mark of white ; under surface of body 

 white, with a tinge of buff on the chest and sides of body. 

 Total length 5 '5 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 2*25, tail 2*5, 

 tarsus 0*75. 



Hab. Mount Elgon. 

 ■ This species appears to me to have no very near ally. It 

 is larger than E. olivaceus, and has the upper surface grey 

 instead of olive-green. 



-V" 10. Sylviella leucophrys, sp. n. 



Female. Above dull olive ; crovm dark chestnut with a 

 broad lateral band of white over each eye, confining a 

 narrow frontal streak of dark chestnut ; wings and tail dusky 

 brown, edged with bright olive-yellow, the edge of the wing 

 bright yellow ; sides of face, throat, and underparts white ; 

 a streak of chestnut through the eye; the sides of the body 

 ashy grey ; under tail-coverts bright yellow, as well as the 



