Mount Chiradzidu, Nyasaland. 181 



19. Alseonax adusta. 



Muscicajja undulata (nee Gm.) ; Sliarpe, B. S. Afr. 

 pp. 339, 837. 



Alseonax adusta (Boie) ; Shavpc, Cat. iv. p. 139. 



One female specimen, wliicli is paler, sliglitly more ashy, 

 and has the striping of the throat less marked than any of 

 the many specimens in the British Museum, all from Africa 

 south of the Zambesi. 



20. Tarsiger johnstoni. 



PogonocicJda johnstoni, Sliellev, Ibis, 1893, p. 18; 1894', 



p. 11'. 



One young bird of this species, and two specimens from 

 Milanji obtained in October. When I sent to press the 

 portion of my "List of the Birds of Africa" containing the 

 genus Tarsiger, I was unfortunately persuaded that the 

 present species was identical with T. orientalts, Reichen., 

 but I think the following key (based upon 4 or more adult 

 specimens of both species) will show that such is not the 

 case : — 



a. Dark terminal band of tail narrower ; yellow 

 reaching on all but the centre tail-feather to within 

 0'4 inch of the tip (culmen 0-55). 

 «'. Secondaries edged with clear grey, with rarely 



any trace of olive margins 1. steUntus. 



b' . Secondaries entirely edged with olive-yellow . . 2. johnstoni. 

 h. Dark terminal band of tail broader ; yellow x'eaching 

 on all but the centre tail-feather not nearer than 

 08 inch from the tip (culmen O'SS) 3. orientalis. 



The young bird is, I think, worth describing in conjunc- 

 tion with two immature birds in the British Museum, 

 labelled T. stellatus, (^,East London, June (F. A. Barratt), 

 and T. orientalis, (J, Kilmanjaro, August (H.C. V. Hunter). 



T. stellatus. — Upper parts uniform olive-green, with a little 

 chrome-yellow on the upper tail-coverts. Tail : two centre 

 feathers, the inner web of the next pair, and the outermost 

 web of the tail dark brown ; remainder of the tail brownish 

 yellow, duller towards the ends of the feathers, and the dark 

 terminal band of the adult only present on the third pair 



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