392 Ant. Reichenow und Herraan Schalow: 



yellow, basal portion of the inner webs of the quills ratber narrowly 

 edged with rufous buff. Bill-upper mandible brown , lower one 

 flesh-colour. Legs and claws pale brown. 



Tot. lg. 4.5; culm. 0,25; wing 1,9; tail 2,1; tars. 0,65. 



Hab.: River Rovuma, East Africa. 



381. Ryliota australis. 



G. E. Shelley, Ibis. Vol. 6. No. 22. 1882. p.258. pl. 7. %. 1. 



Upper parts and sides of the head dull black, slightly glossed 

 with metallic lilac, across the lower back a broad band of white 

 feathers tipped with black, much hidden by the overlapping of the 

 black feathers, giving a mottled appearance to this part; median 

 and greater wing-coverts entirely white, with the exception of a 

 few of the outer ones; secondaries with a white base, increasing 

 in breadth towards the innermost ones; inner webs of the quills 

 with white edges; under wing-coverts white; two centre tail-feathers 

 entirely black, the others more or less narrowly and partially edged 

 with white on both webs, the outer feather has the white extending 

 over the entire basal portion of the external web for about three 

 quarters of its length ; under surface of the body ochraceous yellow, 

 deeper on the breast and paler on the vent and under tail-coverts, 

 the latter being almost white; thighs white in front and black beliind. 

 In the skin — total Igth. 4,6 inches; culm. 0,4; wing 2,8; tail 2; 

 tars. 0,75. 



Hab.: ümouli River, South eastern Africa. 



282. Monarcha Browni. 



E. P. Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1882. p. 711. 



All the Upper surface, wings and tail, throat and ehest glossy 

 blue-black; the feathers of the throat elongate, lanceolate; the 

 breast, axillaries, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; the terminal 

 fourth to third portion of the outer four tail-feathers white. A 

 triangulär patch of white from near the angle of the mouth below 

 the eye, widens and extends down the sides of the neck; a broad 

 patch of white on the wings, extends over the median coverts 

 and tips of some of the adjacent smaller eoverts ; the Shoulders are 

 black like the back: the primary quills and the inner webs of the 

 secondaries are blackish brown ; the under surface of the wings, 

 the basal portion of the feathers of the bind neck and inter- 

 scapular region are dark brown. Bill bluish black, rictus black, legs 

 lead-blue. 



Tot. lg. 7 inches ; wing 3,5 ; tail 3,2 ; tarsus 0,2 ; bind toe 0,4 ; 

 bin from the forehead 0,7; from nostril 0,45; from gape 0,75. 



Hab.: Marrabo, Soloraon Islands. 



283. Monarcha periophthalmtciis. 



R. B. Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. Vol. 16. 1882. p. 318. 

 Affinis M. frairo, sed regione periophthalmica tota nigra distin- 

 guendus. 



Long. tot. 5,5; alae 3,4; tarsi 0,75. 

 Hab.: S. E. ISlew Guinea. 



