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tip and extending along the shaft for half the length of the feather ; the 
next pair with a very narrow shaft streak, and the two central pairs uniform 
dark grey. 
Type of $ T.M. No. 2443 ; ex coll. C. Wilde, Matabeleland, 5.X.05. 
Wing, 54; tail, 53; tars., 23; culm., 13 mm. 
Type of $ T.M. No. 2444; same locality, 30.IX.05. Wing, 52; tail, 
47 ; tars., 21 ; culm., 12*5 mm. This differs from the in lacking the dark 
mark below the eye and the crescent on the crop. 
Apalis spelonkensis , spec. nov. 
This species most closely resembles A. thoracica , but is readily dis- 
tinguished by the yellow of the under-surface being brighter and extending 
to the lower throat, above the black crop-band. 
Crown, forehead, and forepart of lores dark grey ; nape, neck, back, 
scapulars, and rump olive green, upper tail-coverts and central tail-feathers 
dark ashy grey, the last with darker shafts. A dark brown streak extend- 
ing from the hinder lores through the lower half of the ear-coverts all but 
joins the points of the crescent across the crop on the sides of the neck ; 
cheeks, chin, and upper throat white ; lower throat and remaining under- 
surface pale yellow throughout ; under tail and wing coverts paler yellow, 
almost white ; thighs grey. Primaries and secondaries dusky, outer 
margins of first three plain, of 4-6 or 7 silvery grey, and of the rest olive 
green ; inner margins white towards the base. Wing-coverts like the 
primaries, but not so clearly washed with olive green. Outermost tail- 
feathers white except at the base, next white for the terminal two-thirds, 
antepenultimate with white tips tapering to a fine point on the shaft about 
the middle of the feather ; remaining feathers dusky. 
Type of (J T.M. No. 8407 ; a# coll. F. Vaughan-Kirby, Groot Spelonken, 
N. Transvaal, 24.VIII.09. (Iris, pale lemon ; bill, black ; legs and feet, 
flesh pink. Length, 130 mm. — F. V. K.) Wing, 53 ; tail, 54 ; tars., 24 ; 
culm., 13 mm. 
Type of $ T.M. No. 8408 ; same locality, 9. VIII. 09. Length, 129 ; 
wing, 51 ; tail 46 ; tars., 21 ; culm., 13 mm. This differs from the in 
the dark streak through the ear-coverts being dark grey instead of dark 
brown. 
There are in addition to the types six specimens in the collection from 
Haenertsburg (Noome) and Woodbush (Kirby), which give the following 
measurements 
Wing, 53-56 ; tail, 47-56 ; tars., 22-23 ; culm., 13-14 mm. 
Apalis venustus , spec. nov. 
Very similar to A. spelonkensis , but the yellow of the throat is confined 
to a border above the black band ; also, the under-surface is paler yellow 
and inclines to olive on the flanks, the upper tail-coverts olive green, the 
outer margins of the tail-feathers washed with olive green for the greater 
part, and the primaries not so clearly margined with silvery white, but 
more olive green. 
Type of $ T.M. No. 8405 ; ex coll. H. H. Swinny, Port St. Johns, 
Pondoland, 20.X.10. (Iris, straw colour ; bill, black ; legs and feet, flesh 
colour. Length, 129 mm. — H. H. S.) Wing, 51 ; tail, 51 ; tars., 22 ; culm., 
14 mm. 
Type of ? T.M. No. 4229 ; same locality, 21.111.08. Length, 124 ; 
wing, 49*5 ; tail, 50 ; tars., 21 ; culm., 13 mm. This differs from the <$ 
in having the crescent band only faintly indicated, but the black lores and 
mark below the eye are hardly less distinct than in the $. 
Also another £ and J from the same locality. 
