364 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [JunC 18, 



, 44. PiNAROCHROA HYPOSPODIA. 



' Pinarochroa hypospodia, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 226, pi, 13. 

 Kilimanjaro, 10,0i)0-l 2,000 ft. 



45. Alcippe kilimensis, n. sp. 



Upper half of the head and back of the neck leaden grey, gradually 

 passing into paler grey on the throat and front of the breast ; back 

 and scapnlars uniform yellowish brown ; wings dark brown, all the 

 feathers broadly edged with the same shade as the back ; tail-feathers 

 dark brown, partially edged with yellowish brown ; centre of the 

 breast white, washed on the sides with grey and then passing into 

 yellowish brown, of a paler shade than the back, on the sides of the 

 body ; under tail-coverts ashy white, slightly tinted with pale yellow- 

 ish brown ; under surface of the quills slate-colour, with white 

 inner margins to the feathers ; under wing-coverts white. Bill brown, 

 paler towards the base of the lower mandible ; legs brown. Total 

 length 5"2 inches, cnlmen 0*55, wing 2-7, tail 2*6, tarsus 0"85. 



Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., August. 



I have placed this bird in the genus Alcippe, a genus new to 

 Africa, as its affinities appear to be with A. cinerea, Blyth, from 

 Malayana, rather than with any other species known to me. Com- 

 pared with that bird, it differs mostly in its rather larger bill, its 

 entirely grey head and neck, and in the total absence of rufous shade 

 on the wings and tail. 



46. Bradypterus barratti. 



Bradypterus barratti, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 115 

 (1883). 



Kilimanjaro. 



47. CiSTICOLA HUNTERT, n. Sp. 



Similar to C. suhrvficapilla, but a larger bird and much more 

 dingily coloured, distinguished by the almost entire absence of rufous 

 on the quills, and absolute absence of rufous on the tail. 



Upper parts dusky brown, with large blackish centres to the 

 feathers ; edges of the feathers of the crown and wing slightly more 

 rufous ; tail-feathers with pale ends and a broad black subterminal 

 bar, very distinct beneath. Underparts whitish ash, slightly paler 

 and buffer on the chin, upper throat, and centre of the breast ; thighs 

 rufous-brown ; under surface of the wings dusky black, with the 

 coverts and inner edges of the quills ashy white. Bill black ; legs 

 brown. Total length 6 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 25, tail 3"1, 

 tarsus 1. 



Kilimanjaro. 



^v^8. Nectarinia melanogastra. 

 Nectarinia melanogastra, Fisch. & Rchw. J. f. O. 1884, p. 181 ; 

 Fisch. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 337 ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 14. 

 c?. Ndara. 



Three specimens, collected on August 25th. All are in about half 

 moult. 



