Species of West-African Birds. 139 



The feathers of the back are partially barred with arrow- 

 headed spots narrowly edged with dark brown. Tail tawny- 

 brown, partially barred towards the centre of the feathers with 

 a shade of paler brown, these bars imperfectly edged with 

 black. Wings similar in colour to the back ; a few feathers 

 on the shoulders (smaller scapulars) have their outer webs 

 buffy white, with two or three distinct black bars ; and one 

 or two of the middle scapulars are similarly marked ; the pri- 

 maries have on their outer webs five or six broad creamy white 

 bars, most perfect on the outer primaries ; the inner web of 

 the primaries and both webs of the secondaries are barred 

 with blackish brown, the intermediate tawny bars fading into 

 white towards the basal portion of the inner webs, more es- 

 pecially of the secondaries. The lesser coverts are similar to 

 the back, but a shade darker ; the primary coverts are barred 

 with brownish black and bufiy white, and a few of the larger 

 coverts have a broad white bar on their outer webs. The 

 throat and under surface of the body are brownish buff, the 

 feathers similarly marked to those of the back, with the white 

 and dark brown more distinct on the chest. Tarsi buff nar- 

 rowly barred with brown; claws yellow, shaded with black 

 towards their tips. Beak yellow. 



Entire length 75, culmen TOO; wing, carpus to tip, 525 ; 

 tail 320, tarsus 085. 



Hab. Fantee : collected by Governor Ussher. 



2. Dryodromas nigriceps, sp. nov. 



Entire upper part of the head, lores, cheeks, and ear-coverts 

 black, washed with slaty grey. Back and lesser wing-coverts 

 yellow ; upper tail-coverts slaty grey. Wings black, with a 

 narrow grey edging to a portion of the greater primaries ; 

 outer web of the scapulars and secondaries edged with yellow. 

 Tail slaty black with obsolete bars, and all the feathers broadly 

 tipped with white, which colour runs some way down the ex- 

 terior web of the outer one. Chin, throat, and underparts 

 white, washed with yellow on the sides of the breast and flanks. 

 Beak black ; tarsi and feet brownish flesh-colour. Irides 

 hazel. 



