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8. On a second Species of Dromceocercus from INIadagascar. 

 By R. BoWDLER Sharps, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c., Department 

 of Zoology, British Museum. 



[Eeceived February 4, 1879.] 



In the same collection as the Heliodilus, described in the preceding 

 paper, there were several specimens of a Feather-tailed Warbler 

 belonging to the genus Dromceocercus, instituted by me in January 

 1877*. On comparing the birds recently sent with the type of 

 DromcBocercus brunneus, it is evident that they belong to a different 

 species, for which I propose the name of Droniceocercus seebohmi, 

 after my friend Mr. Seebohm, who is now associated with me in the 

 'Catalogue of Birds.' Of this he is about to prepare the volume 

 on the Thrushes and Warblers, with which two groups he has shown 

 already such a good acquaintance. 



Dromjeocercus seebohmi, sp. n. 



D. similis D. brunneo et ejusdem formce, sed corpore supra 

 maculato nee concolori, plumis hrunneis medialiter obscurioribus 

 et gutture albo, brunneo striata, distingiiendus. 



General colour above dark brown with edges of lighter brown, pro- 

 ducing a mottled appearance, the rump and upper tail-coverts more 

 uniform ; tail-feathers rufous-brown with stiffened black shafts, the 

 feathers loose-webbed, as is usual in this genus ; wing-coverts and 

 quills blackish brown, margined with lighter brown ; lores whitish ; 

 ear-coverts and sides of neck ashy brown; under surface of body 

 dull white, shaded with ashy brown on the sides of the breast ; sides of 

 body and under tail-coverts rather more fulvous-brown ; fore neck with 

 small but distinct spots of dusky brown, the sides of the body more 

 largely and distinctly streaked ; under wing-coverts ashy brown, the 

 edge of the wing white ; quills dull brown below, fulvescent along the 

 edge of the inner web. Total length 5*9 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 

 1-95, tail 3-1, tarsus 0-7. 



Hab. Neighbourhood of Antananarivo, Madagascar. 



Some of the specimens exhibit less mottling on the back than others; 

 but it is always more or less strongly characterized, as also is the 

 light-coloured throat, which has the stripes more distinctly indicated 

 in some specimens tlian in others. Since describing the original 

 specimen of Bromcsoeercus brunneus, I have seen several others 

 collected by the late Mr. Crossley ; and with some of these, in Mr. 

 Seebohm's cabinet, I have compared the series of the new species. 



1 P. Z. S. 1877, p. 22, pi. ii. fig. 2. 



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