1873.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM MOMBAS. 713 



tion of this species. The determination of an African Drymcecu is 

 now-a-days no easy matter, notwithstanding the excellent descriptions 

 of Dr. von Heuglin and the authors of the " Vogel Ostafrika's." 

 A synoptic table would be a great boon ; but the desiderata in 

 the * Hand-list ' are too great to allow of my attempting one at 

 present. 



18. Nectarinia collaris (V.) ; Finsch u. Hartl. V6g. Ostafr. 

 p. 223. 



A female specimen of this little Sunbird, already sent from 

 Mombas by Von der Decken. 



19. Nectarinia jardinei, Verr. ; Finsch u. Haiti. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 218. 



A specimen in moult, but apparently referable to this Sunbird, 

 which has already been noted from Mombas. 



20. Nectarinia gutturalis (L.) ; Finsch u. Hartl. Vog. 

 Ostafr. p. 216. 



Two adults of this Sunbird, already obtained at Mombas by Von 

 der Decken. 



21. Hirundo ptjella, Temm. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 319. 

 One specimen : new to the locality. 



22. Hirundo monteiri, Hartl. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 316. 



One specimen. Mombas is by far the most northerly point from 

 which this species has yet been obtained. 



23. Muscicapa grisola (L.) ; Finsch u. Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 300. 



One specimen. Von der Decken also procured it at Zanzibar. 



24. Batis senegalensis (L.); Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. 163. 



One specimen with the head black, apparently confirming my 

 suggestion as to this species having a more southern range than B. 

 orientalis. 



25. Bradyornis subalaris, sp. n. (Plate LVIII. fig. 1.) 



Above ashy brown, with somewhat of a greyish shade, with faint 

 indications of dark brown centres to the feathers of the crown and 

 back, more particularly the former ; wing- coverts ashy brown, with 

 light fulvous-brown edgings ; quills brown, the primaries narrowly 

 margined with rufous brown, the secondaries margined and tipped 

 with whitey brown, the primaries clearly rufescent at base of outer 

 margin ; tail ashy brown, margined and tipped with pale fulvous ; 

 ear-coverts pale brown, with very narrow white shaft-lines ; lores, 

 feathers round the eye, and cheeks buffy white, shaded with brown ; 

 throat and uuder surface of body buffy white, the sides of the body, 

 thighs, and under tail coverts, as well as the inner lining of the 



