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Zomba, the latter name having priority; and it is, in onr 
opinion, somewhat doubtful whether S. pallida Alexander 
(see above, p. 75) is really distinct from this species, and 
whether the pale colouring of the superciliary stripes, sides 
of the face, and underparts may not be merely due to wear. 
The bill is, however, black in S. pallida and rather stronger, 
while in S. whytii it is brownish horn-colour. 
Two small birds from Manda Island [the same individuals 
to which Mr, Alexander has referred as typical examples of 
S. leucopsis Reich. (Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. xlviii, 1899)] prove 
to belong to a distinct species, which I propose to call 
Sylviella minima, sp. n.* 
Adult male and female. Easily distinguished from the 
allied forms S. whytii and S. isahellina by having the upper 
parts pale grey, tinged with olive, especially on the rump 
and upper tail-coverts. Total length about 3*2 inches; 
culmen 0*55; wing, 2T, ? 2*0; tail 0*9; tarsus 07. 
Hab. Manda Island, British East Africa (F. J. Jackson ). 
[Types of the species .] 
S. baraka Sharpe appears to be founded on immature 
examples of S. virens (Cass.). 
As some of the species of the genus Sylviella have been 
much confused, I append a Key :— 
Key to the Species f. 
A. Crown grey like the upper parts; in S. minima the 
upper parts are slightly washed with olive. 
a. Middle of the breast and belly white, contrasting 
rather sharply with the rufous-cinnamon of the 
upper breast, sides, and flanks. 
a}. Superciliary stripe, cheeks, and throat white; a well- 
marked black band from the base of the bill to 
the eye; culmen shorter and stouter, 048 inch .. 
b l . Superciliary stripe, cheeks, chin, and throat cin¬ 
namon-rufous ; bill longer and more slender, 0-58 
inch. 
micrura. 
brachyura . 
* See Alexander, above, p. 75, PL I. fig. 2. 
f Sylviella rufigenis Reich. J. f. 0.1887, p. 125, from the Upper Congo, 
has not been examined and is not included in the Key. 
