Compendium der neu beschriebenen Gattungen und Arten. 443 



212. Dryonastes n. g. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 454. 

 Typus: Janthocinda ruficoüis Jard u. Selby. 



213. Er emomela polioxantha. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 160. 



Adult. General colour above ashy, slightly washed with olive- 

 yellow ou the back ; scapulars and lesser wing-coverts like the 

 back ; median aud greater coverts dusky, externally margined with 

 ashy; bastard wiiig and primary- coverts dusky, narrowly edged 

 with ashy; quills dusky brown, externally margined with ashy, 

 lighter on the primaries; upper tail-coverts dull ashy ; tail-feathers 

 light brown with ashy margins; crown of head, nape, and bind 

 neck rather lighter ashy than the back; lores dusky, with a nar- 

 row streak of white above the fore part of the eye; ear-coverts 

 light ashy; cheeks and throat white; fore neck and ehest light 

 ashy; breast, abdomen, sides of body, and flanks bright sulphur 

 yellow ; thighs ashy, slightly washed with yellow ; under tail-coverts 

 pale yellow, the long ones white; under wing-coverts white; axil- 

 laries pale yellow, quills dusky below, inner edges wbitish; bill 

 black ; tarsus black ; iris dark hazal (Buckley). Total Length 3,8 

 inches; culmen 0,5; wing 2,3; tail 1,3; tarsus 0,7. 



Hab.: Suazi Land, S. E. Africa. 



214. Eroessa viridis. 



ß. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 152. 



Adult. General colour above dull green; lesser wing-coverts 

 like the back; median, greater, and primary-coverts, bastard wing, 

 and quills dull ashy brown, edged with dull green like the back; 

 Upper tail-coverts slightly yellower than the back ; tail-feathers ashy 

 brown, becoming dusky towards the ends, and edged with green, 

 the outer feathers narrowly edged with white round the ends; 

 crown of the head green like the back; lores and eyebrow yello- 

 wish white; ear-coverts and cheeks yellowish white, the upper edge 

 of the ear-coverts dusky, sides of neck green like the back; throat, 

 fore neck, ehest, breast and abdomen whitish, slightly tinged with 

 pale sulphur-yellow; cheeks, throat, aud fore neck slightly mottled 

 with ashy spots; sides of body and flanks a little browner; thighs 

 ashy brown; under tail-coverts yellowish white; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries white, washed with yellow, the edge of the wing 

 brighter yellow; quills dusky brown below, inner edges white. 

 " Total length 4inches ; culmen 0,5 ; wing 1,75 ; tail 1,4 ; tarsus 0,65. 

 I Hab.: Province of Betsileo. Madagascar. 

 f 215. Erythrocichlan. g. 

 I R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 551. 



Typus: Brachypteryx hicolor Less. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 116. 



216. Euryptila n. g. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7. q. 117. 



Typus: Drymoeca subcinnamomea Smith. 



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