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JPhylloscopus sindlanus. 



W. E. Brooks, Stray Feathers vol. VIII, No. 6, December 

 1879, p. 476. 



Above uniform dull brown, rather lighter than in P. trlst'ts 

 and niuch the colour of the upper surface of Hypolais rama\ 

 below, albescent, with a ruddy tinge on the pale supercilia, sides 

 of face, neck, breast, and flanks; axillaries, and ridge of wing, 

 yellowish Avhite, sometimes almost quite white, and not pure 

 sulphur yellow, as in P. tristis; no greenish on bend or Shoulder 

 of wing, nor any green edging to primaries, secondaries and 

 tail feathers generally observable in P. tristis; no greenish tinge 

 on rump, as in tristis: like P. neglectus and //. rama^ the uniform 

 light greyish brown upper surface is characteristic: in form of 

 bill this bird is a pure Phylloscopus, like tristis. By a pure 

 Phylloscopine bill, 1 mean a thin slender one, not a broad one, 

 as in nitidus and viridanus. 



The bill of sindicmus is dark brown, and yellowish towards 

 base of lower mandible; legs and feet dark brown; irides dark 

 brown. Length c/ 4,40—4,70, Q 4,20 — 4,45, wings (/ 2,22- 

 2.4, 9 2,05—2,15, tails c/ 1,85-2,05, 9- 1,75—1,9, tars. (f 

 0,75—0,80, 2 0,71—0,75. bill 0,.30, 2 quill of the wing is about 

 equal to the 9 and sometimes to the 8; 4, and sometimes 4 und 

 5 equal and longest. 



Hab.: Sukhur, Sindh. 



Thamnohia munda. 



J. Cabanis, Orn. Centralbl. No. 18, 15. Sept. 1880, p. 143. 



Steht der TL leucophrys aus Süd- Afrika ausserordentlich 

 nahe, unterscheidet sich aber von jener durch das Fehlen der 

 gefleckten Brust, sowie durch den einfarbig weissen Bauch und 

 durch das rostgelbliche Crissum, welches bei der südafrikanischen 

 Art rein weiss gefärbt ist. — Angola. 



FAM. SYLVIGOLIDAE. 



Basileuterus trifasciatus . 



Stolzmann, M. S. 



Taczanowski, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1880, II, p. 191. 



Supra griseo - virescens, subtus Intens; capite supra fascia 

 lata mediana grisea, lateralibus utrinque nigricantibus; super- 

 ciliis latissimis albido-griseis, striga postoculari nigricante termi- 

 ratis; gula albida; nucha cinereo-grisea; uropygio viridi; remi- 

 nibus rectricibusque fuscis viridi limbatis. AI. 56 — 57, caud. 51, 

 gostr. 15, tars. 21. — Hab.: Callacate, Northern Peru. 



Calochaetes nov. gen. 



Sclater, Ibis, Juli 1879, p. 388. — Typus: C. coccineus. 



Neuer generischer Name für Eiichaetes coccinens (P. Z. S. 

 1 858, p. 73), da dieser bereits in der Entomologie vergeben ist. 



