Cichladusa arquata and C. guttata. 281 



Supra ex olivaceo rufescens; capitis et colli lateribus subcinerass- 

 centibus; alis, uropygio et cauda cinnamomeo-rufis ; sub- 

 alaribus dilute fulvis ; remigibus niajoribus dimidio apicali 

 pogonii interni oblique fusco-nigricantibus, ex parte albido 

 marginatis ; tertiariis rufescenti-fuliginosis, obsoletius rufo 

 marginatis ; tectricibus alse dorso concoloribus, pallide rufo 

 marginatis ; plumis pollicis pogonio interno fuligiuosis, 

 externo rufis ; subtus ex olivaceo isabellino-fulva, pectore et 

 hypochondriis cinereo lavatis ; gula fulvescenti-albida, 

 ruf'escente lavata, fascia e maculis nigricantibus composita 

 et utrinque ad angulura oris prolongata circumdata; sub- 

 caudalibus fulvo-ochraceis ; rostro et pedibus nigricantibus ; 

 iride straminea. Long. tot. cirea 7" 9'", rostr. a fr. 8"', 

 al. 3" 6'", tars. 1", caud. 3" 8'". 



Observed by Professor Peters near Sena, and by Speke at 

 Kazeh. On high trees near the margin of the woods. Said to 

 be a very fine songster. 



2. Cichladusa guttata. Crateropus guttatus, Heuglin, 

 Syst. Uebers.Vog. N.-O, Afr., Sitzungsber. K. Akad. Wien, xix. 

 p. 282, No. 287 ; Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 272 ; Heugl. Journ. 

 fur Orn. 1863, p. 300 ; Peters, op. cit. 1864, p. 353. (Plate IX. 

 fig. 2.) 



c? Minor, supra cinnamomea, pileo cinereo lavato ; subtus albida 

 rufescente induta ; ciliis, stria obsoleta superciliari genisque 

 albidis ; stria transoculari et regioue parotica obsolete fu- 

 mosis, hac albido striolata ; frontis plumis rigidiusculis, valde 

 angustatis, scapis nitidis fuscescentibus ; colli et pectoris 

 lateribus maculis rotundatis conspicuis nigro-fuliginosis 

 squamatim notatis ; hypochondriis eodem colore obsoletius 

 striolatis ; subalaribus et tibiis ex rufo fuscescentibus, albido 

 variis ; remige prime ex hepatico rufo, reliquis basi hepa- 

 tico-rufis, apicem versus fuliginosis ; ex parte rufo margi- 

 natis ; rectricibus cinnamomeo-rufis, apicem versus fuligi- 

 noso lavatis ; rostro nigro ; iride scarlatina ; pedibus plum- 

 beo-fuscis. Long. tot. 6^', rostr. a fr. 6V", al. 3", caud. 3", 

 tars. 111-12'". 



$ Vix minor, a mare diversa : pileo pure ferrugineo, non ut in 

 mare cinerascente lavato. 



Tail moderately rounded. The first tail-feather 5"'or 6"' shorter 

 than the two middle ones. The tail-feathers and the tertials 

 show faint traces of transverse bands. 



