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10. PlNAROCHROA HYPOSPODIA, sp. n. 4 
Kilima-njaro, $ , 14,000 feet. 
Close to P. sordida (Rupp.), which is the type of the genus Pina- 
rochroa; but the present bird is slightly larger, paler and less isabelline 
beneath, and has the white on the tail more limited, each feather 
having broad blackish-brown ends. 
Upper parts brown, slightly darker on the crown and quills; tail— 
the four outer pairs of feathers white with broad blackish-brown ends ; 
this colour extends somewhat down their shafts, and covers about 
one-third of the end-portion of the outer web of the exterior feather, 
and nearly the entire inner web of the third feather from the centre; 
the centre two pairs entirely black. The wing-coverts and inner 
secondaries are broadly edged with sandy brown, and the remainder 
of the quills have almost obsolete similarly coloured edges. Sides of 
the head in front of the eye and the cheeks slightly washed with ashy 
brown. Underparts ashy buff, slightly darker on the lower throat 
and front and sides of the chest, and passing into rufous-shaded brown 
on the flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts; under surface of the 
wings dark brown with the coverts rufous-brown; the axillaries and 
inner margins of the quills ashy buff. Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 
0 - 55, wing 3, tail 2*2, tarsus U25. 
Found only at great altitudes, affecting the grassy and boulder 
regions, where they are to be seen in family parties of from three to 
five. Here they enliven the desert scenery by flitting before the 
traveller with a constantly repeated pleasing chirp, and perched upon 
the boulders flit their tails up and down after the manner of Chats. 
11. PRATINCOLA AXILLARIS. 
Pratincola axillaris , Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 556. 
$ 9 , 5000 feet; 3 <?, 6000 feet; ?, 7000 feet; <?, 8000 feet; 
$ , 10,000 feet. Breeds in September. 
Very abundant but not met with below 5000 feet. They are bold, 
and frequent the native villages in their lower range. 
12. Prinia mystacea, Rupp. 
Prinia mystacea , Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 191. 
Drymoeca tenella , Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. (Madaraz), 1884, p. 312. 
$ S , 5000 feet. 
13. ClSTICOLA SUBRUFICAPILLA (Smith). 
Cisticola subruficapilla, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 283. 
$ , 5500 feet; $ , 8000 feet. 
14. Uectarinia famosa (Linn.). 
Nectarinia famosa , Shelley, Monogr. ISTect. p. 13, pi. 5. 
4 Illustrated in “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,” pp. 222, 
223. 1885. 
