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Show 124 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [Feb. 1, 5. TROCHOCERCUS, sp. 1 ? Trochocercus nitens, Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 50 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 300. 1 Terpsiphone nigromitrata, Reichen. J. f. O. 1874, p. 110 ; 1875, p. 24, Cameroons. S, September, 7000 ft. The poor condition of this specimen prevents me from confidently determining what name really belongs to it. It is in all probability T. nigromitratus, which was found in the Cameroons, and which title Mr. Sharpe refers to T. nitens, Cass. The following is a description of Mr. Johnston's specimen :- There is no gloss on the plumage. Upper half of the head black and but slightly crested, neck and back dusky slate-colour; wing3 and tail black, with scarcely any signs of grey edging to the feathers. Sides of the head and upper throat dusky grey, nearly black ; lower crop, throat, and flanks slate-colour ; remainder of the under surface of the body white, shading into rufous buff on the under tail-coverts ; thighs brownish slate-colour. Bill black ; legs dark brown. Total length 4*8 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 2'45, tail 2'7, tarsus 0'65. 6. LANIARIUS ATROFLAVUS, sp. n. (Plate XIII.) cf , October, 7300 ft.-Upper parts glossy black ; feathers of the lower back fluffy, and some of them with a large rounded white sub-terminal spot more or less hidden by the overlying black feathers ; the last feathers of the rump with broad buffish ends, forming a band at the base of the tail. Underparts deep yellow, paler on the upper half of the throat and chin, changing into rufous buff between the thighs and on the under tail-coverts ; outside of the thighs black ; axillaries yellow, under wing-coverts black. Bill and legs black. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0v, wing 3'3, tail 3"2, tarsus 1*2. 2, October, 7300 ft.-Differs only from the male in the flanks being dusky black. Total length 6#7 inches, culmen 0'8, wing 3-2, tail 3'1, tarsus T2. This species is, I think, nearest to L. sublacteus (Cass.), which chiefly differs in having the entire underparts white. 7. XENOCICHLA TEPHROLJ5MA (Gray). Trichophorus tephrolamus, Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1862, x. p. 444. Xenocichla tephrotama, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 98. 2, September, 7000 ft.; $, October, 7000 ft. The type specimen was killed by Capt. R. Burton in the Cameroons Mountain at 7000 ft., so that the species would appear to be very local. 8. CALLENE ISABELLA (Gray). Cossypha isabella, Gray, Ann. & M»g. Nat. Hist. 1862, x. p. 443. Callene isabella, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 17. 6, September, 7000 ft.; tf. October, 7000 ft. |