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the tip as in 4. wad/eri, thus being proportionally more distant 
than in that species. 
The rictal bristles are weak; first primary quite pointed; rufous 
color on under surface of wing occupies almost exactly the same 
area as in 4. wa/lerz, but on the second primary the inner half 
of the inner web only is rufous; second and third primaries 
almost equal in length ; fourth primary longest ; tail considerably 
graduated, distance between longest and shortest feathers .60 
inch. ‘Tarsus scutellated. 
6. Pholidauges femoralis, new species. 
Pholidauges fischer? SHELLEY, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 368 
(Kilimanjaro, 6000 feet). 
Type. — No. 118111, U. S. N. M.; male, adult, Mount Kilimanjaro, 6000 
feet, June 12, 1888; Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 
Entire upper surface (except wings and tail), sides of head and neck, 
throat, chest, breast (extending down to a blunt point in the centre), 
thighs and femoral region, black, with a purplish gloss; sides of lower 
breast, sides of body, abdomen, and under tail-coverts cream color, some- 
what mixed on sides of breast and body with dull black; lesser and middle 
wing-coverts like the back; greater and primary coverts greenish black 
edged with a purplish gloss; wings and tail greenish black, with a slight 
edging of purplish on the outer webs; feathers of both wings and tail 
rayed or ribbed in certain lights; longer feathers of upper tail-coverts 
greenish black with slight purplish edges, and rayed when held in proper 
lights; axillaries dull blackish with a purplish gloss on some of the 
feathers; edge of wing glossy purplish black; under wing-coverts dull 
slaty black, with a purplish edging on some of the outer feathers, and a 
small creamy white spot formed by the tips of some of the middle ones. 
Length (skin), 6.75 inches; wing, 3.75; tail, 2.80; tarsus, .g2 ; culmen, .7o 
(.35 from distal end of nostril); first primary (from point of insertion), 
82. 
This species appears to be very distinct from any one previously 
described. It at first occurred to me that it might be the male of 
P. fischeri, with which, indeed, Captain Shelley identifies it, but 
upon referring to the description and colored plate of the latter it 
is seen that the female of P. fischeri has the middle tail feathers 
and the inner tertiaries green, with a pronounced metallic sheen, 
in strong contrast with an otherwise dull plumage ; the male here 
