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Show 1882.] FROM THE RIVER ROVUMA. 303 32. L. quadricolor, Cass. 33. L. sulphureipectus (Less.). 34. L. poliocephalus (Licht.). 35. Nicator gularis, Hartl. cf Finsch. M. Pnonops talacoma, Smith. 37. Sigmodus tricolor (Gray). 38. Lamprocolius chalybeus, Hempr. cf Ehr. 39. Urasginthus phcenicotis (Swains.). 40. Hypargus niveiguttatus (Peters). Gallirex chlorochlamys, Shzlley. Pogonorhynchus melanopterus (Peters). Dendropicus fulviscapus (III.). 41 42 43 E R Y T H R O C E R C U S T H O M S O N I , sp. n. (Plate XVI. fig. 2.) Upper parts olive-yellow; rump and upper tail-coverts rufous washed with yellow ; 'tail rufous, the feathers slightly washed with yellow on their edges and crossed by a broad black subterminal band ; in one specimen the outer feather alone is without any black band, and the next feather is only banded on the outer web, with a black spot on the inner one; in the second specimen the four outer feathers on each side are without any black at all; rictal bristles black, forehead rather narrowly margined with brownish buff; lores and in front of the eye white (but the state of the skins prevents me from seeing the limits of this colour on the sides of the head) ; wings dark brown, all the feathers broadly edged with olive-shaded yellow excepting towards the ends of the primaries ; entire under surface bright yellow ; under wing-coverts yellow, basal portion of the inner webs of the quills rather narrowly edged with rufous buff. Bill-upper mandible brown, lower one flesh-colour. Legs and claws pale brown. Total length 4*5 and 4*1 inches ; culmen 0*25 ; wing 1*9 and 1*8; tail 2*1 ; tarsus 0*65. On referring to Mr. Sharpe's Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 208, pl. 9, we at once recognize Erythrocercus livingstonii as the nearest ally of this new species; and I shall propose the following addition to his key of this genus:- a. Tail uniform, without a bar : to include G. macalli and C. livingstonii. b. Tail with a broad black subterminal bar: C. thomsoni. The present species further differs from C. livingstonii in the crown and sides of the head being the same colour as the back, the forehead alone being margined with brownish buff, and the chin scarcely shows a trace of white. M E R O P S DRESSERI, sp. n. (Plate XVI. fig. 1.) Crown and nape fawn colour, the tips of the feathers slightly washed with greenish yellow ; remainder of the upper parts green ; the basal portion of the inner margins of the quills pale fawn colour ; the primaries have the remainder of their inner margins and their ends dusky black; the secondaries are rather broadly tipped with black, with the exception of the inner feather, which, like the longer scapulars and upper tail-coverts, is washed with blue towards its end; two centre tail-feathers green, gradually shading into black on their long narrow ends, which are slightly widened at the tips; remainder of the tail square, the feathers with broad black end, narrowly tipped with white on the outer ones, and rather more broadly so with blue as they approach the centre pair ; on the sides of the PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1882, No. XXI. 21 |