1880.] BIRDS FROM CENTRAL AFRICA. 625 



Eminia, gen. nov. Malurxnarum. 



Char. gen. Rostrum elongation, gracile, rectum, integrum, cari- 

 natum ; maxilla superior (culmeri et commissura) subcurvata, gonyde 

 parte apicali vix conspicue ascendente ; nares in fossa majuscula 

 positte, longitudinales, apertce ; vibrissa obsoleta. Alee convexce, 

 breviusculcE, caudcs dimidium non attingentes, obtusm ; remige prima 

 subsjmrio, 5-9. subcBqualibus, cceteris longioribus. Cauda subelongala, 

 rotundata, mollis, rectricibus satis angustis. Pedes magni ; taisis 

 scutellatis ; pollex prce cceteros robustus, ungtie magno bene curvato 

 armatus ; digiti elongati, graciles. 



3. Eminia lepida, n. sp. (Plate LX. fig. 1.) 



Supra dilute olivaceo-virescens, cauda concolori; pileo pure cinereo, 

 fronte albicante ; fascia a rostro per oculos ducta et occiput late 

 cingente nigei-rtjua ; genis et regione parotica sericeo-albidis ; 

 tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus, remigibus fuscis olivaceo 

 limbatis, macula ad flexuram alee intense cinnamomeo-rufa ; sub- 

 alaribus in fundo ochraceo rufo variegatis: subtus dilute cinerea ; 

 mento albido ; macula gidce majore, longitudinali, subirregulari, 

 circumscripte cinnamomeo-rufa ; abdomine medio purius albicante ; 

 crissi plumis, cruribus et subcaudalibus flavido rufoque variis ; 

 rostro nigro ; pedibus corneo-pallidis (cS ad.). 

 $ vix diversa, minor. 



,d ? 



millim. millim. 



Long, tota circa 158 143 



„ rostri a f r 17 15 



,, alse 72 G5 



„ caudse G2 58 



„ tarsi , 25 23 



„ dig. med. c. ung 22 20 



„ ung. poll 10 



Five specimens. "Magungo." 



A very interesting new genus belonging to the Camaroptera group 

 {Malurince, Sundev.), which I dedicate to Dr. Emin Bey, who has added 

 so much to our knowledge of the zoology of these distant regions. 



The colour of the upper parts is a fine yellowish olive. The light 

 bluish grey of the crown reappears a little beyond the broad black 

 band which encircles the occiput. Thighs, vent, under tail- and 

 inner wing-coverts of a lively olivaceous yellow, varied by rufous 

 shades. The large longitudinal rufous spot of the throat is sharply 

 defined on the whitish ground of the underparts. 



Drymocichla, gen. Malurinarum. 



Char. gen. Rostrum gracile, breviusculum, integrum, rectum, subu- 

 latum, cariaatum, culminis parte apicali subcurvata, gonyde apicem 

 versus conspicue ascendente ; nares longiiudi?iales, apertce; vibrissa 

 obsoletce. Ales subconvexce, breves, caudce basin parum superantes, 

 obtusce, remige 1. spurio, 2. multo longiore, 3-5. subcequalibus, cceteris 



