22 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON BIRDS [Jan. 1 /, 



15: Sylviella microura (Riipp.). 



Oligocercus rvfescens, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Biem. vii. 1881, 

 p. 92. 



OHgura microura, Pelz. Verb. Wien, xxxi. 1881, p. 144; xxxii. 

 1882, p. .502. 



Sylviella microura, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. vii. p. 154. 



No. 938. S. Gondokoro, Nov. 1.5, 1883. 



16. Eremomela elegans (Heugl.). 



Tricholais elegans, Pelz. Verb. Wien, xxxi. pp. 144, 609 ; Hartl. 

 Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 1882, p. 190. 



Eremomela elegans, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 163. 

 No. 338. c?- Lado, April 23, 1884. 

 Nos. 345, 356. cJ • Redjaf, May 1884. 

 No. 975. S. Redjaf, Dec. 17, 1885. 

 a, d. Wadelai, July 7, 1885. 



17. Camaroptera brevicaudata (Riipp.). 



Camaroptera brevicaudata, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 

 1881, p. 90; Pelz. Verb. Wien, xxxi. 1881, p. 144; xxxii. 1882, 

 p. 502 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 168. 



No. 409. 6' Lado, Aug. 30, 1884. 



18. Prinia mystacea, Riipp. 



Cisticola tenella, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, 

 p. 89; viii. 1882, p. 189. 



Drymoeca mystacea, Pelz. Verb. Wien, xxxii. 1882, p. 501. 



Prinia mystacea, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 191. 



No. 338. Lado, March 28, 1883. 



No. 405. Lado, Aug. 27, 1884. 



No. 85. $. Wadelai, Aug. 15, 1885. 



No. 21. d". Tingasi, July 19, lo83. 



19. BURNESIA LEUCOPOGON (Cab.). 



Burnesia leucopogon, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 207. 



Nos. 704, 797. 6 2- July 1883. 



The sexes are similar in plumage. This species was formerly 

 only known from the Congo region in W. Africa, from which 

 country there are two specimens in the British Museum. 



20. Orthotomus erythropterus (Jard.). 



Cisticola iodoptera, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 247- 



Oi-thotomus erythropterus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 228. 



No. 16. S . Tingasi, July 17, 1883. 



21. Cisticola MENTALis (Fras.). 



Melocichla ^nentaits, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, 

 p. 93; viii. 1882, p. 191. 



