1S84.] BIRDS FROM KILIMANJARO. 



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inner median and inner greater coverts, basal third of the outer webs 

 of the inner secondaries, rump and upper tail-coverts -white, a few of 

 the latter slightly tipped with rufous brown, a few with black elon- 

 gated terminal shaft-spots : some of the outer tail-feathers have very 

 narrow white ends ; across the crop a broad chestnut collar ; re- 

 mainder of the under parts white with the axillaries black like the 

 under wing-coverts, and both'very partially tipped with white ; under 

 surface of the quills slaty black with very narrow, almost obsolete 

 partial pale edges to their inner webs. Bill and legs black. Total 

 length 5-2 inches, culmen 4b, wing 2-75, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-9. 



Kilimanjaro, $ , 7000 ft. 



Upper parts dark brown, with broad rufous-buff edges to the 

 feathers ; with white on the wing, rump and upper tail-coverts as 

 in the male but partially washed with rufous-buff; forehead, sides 

 of the head, and entire under parts sandy rufous, darkening into 

 cinnamon on the crop. Bill and legs black. Total length 4-5 

 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 2-6, tail 2-3, tarsus O'd. 



In the collection there are five other specimens, from 5000 to 

 8000 ft. 



In some the white breast is slightly mottled with rufous or 

 buff. 



I have not seen an adult of P. maura (Pall.), which is, I believe, 

 the only other Pratincola with black axillaries ; but judging from 

 Mr. Seebohm's description of that bird (Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 

 188), the present species differs in not having any white tips to the 

 scapulars, in the under surface of the quills not having any white bases, 

 and their inner webs having only obsolete pale partial margins. These 

 latter chara/^ters of the under surface of the quills, combined with 

 the black axillaries and comparatively narrow chestnut collar, render 

 it a very well-marked species. 



With the wings closed P. axillaris is strikingly similar to P. si/bil/a 

 from Madagascar, but on opening the wings it will be distinguished 

 at a glance. 



5. Sycobrotus reichenowi, Fischer, J. f. O. 1884, p. 180. 



Kilimanjaro, S , 5000 ft. 



Forehead and crown golden yellow, with a faint rufous tinge ; 

 back of the head, back of the neck, back and scapulars uniform 

 brownish black, passing into olive-yellow on the rump ; upper tail- 

 coverts olive, passing more or less into brownish black ; tail olive- 

 brown ; wings brownish black : a few of the longer lesser coverts 

 have narrow yellow ends, the median series all broadly tipped with 

 huffish yellow, with which colour the greater coverts and a few of 

 the inner secondaries are broadly margined ; primary-coverts and 

 quills edged with olive-yellow. Entire underparts, lores and sides 

 of the neck golden yellow, slightly darker on the lores, chin, and 

 throat ; in front and round the eyes and the ear-coverts black ; 

 under wing-coverts huffish yellow, partially mottled with brownish 

 black : under surface of the quills brown, broadly margined on 

 their inner webs with yellowish buff. Bill black ; legs brownish 



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