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1888.] FROM EQUATORIAL AFRICA. 27 48. PARISOMA PLUMBEUM (Hartl.). Parisoma plumbeum, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 269. Stenostira plumbea, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 1882, p. 197. $ad. Wadelai, July 7, 1885. 49. TERPSIPHONE CRISTATA (Gm.). Terpsiphone cristata, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 354 ; id. Journ. Liun. Soc, Zool. xvii. p. 425. Tchitrea melanogastra, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, p. 97; viii. 1882, p. 197. Terpsiphone melanogastra, Pelz. Verh. Wien, xxxi. 1881, p. 146 ; xxxii. 1882, p. 504. No. 42. tf juv. Tingasi, Aug. 1, 1883. 50. ELMINIA TERESITA, Antin. Elminia longicauda minor, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 446. Elminia teresita, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 364. Ad. Wadelai, Aug. 15, 1885. This species differs from E. longicauda only in having the breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts pure white, not shaded with greyish blue except on the sides of the chest. The outer pair of tail-feathers have a larger amount of white on the margin of the inner web; the inner web of the next feather has a small amount of white. The blackish colouring in front of the eyes is barely perceptible. E. teresita : length 65 inches, wing 2*7, tail 3*5, tarsus 0"65. E. longicauda: length 7"3 inches, wing 2'65, tail 4*3, tarsus 0'65. 51. MEGABIAS FLAMMULATA, J. & E. Verr. Megabias flammulata, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 387. No. 22. 3- Tingasi, Aug. 1, 1883. I have little doubt that this is an immature male of this species, as it agrees with an adult female specimen from Fantee in the British Museum. 52. MOTACILLA FLAVA, Linn. Budytes flava, Pelz. Verh. Wien, xxxi. 1881, pp. 145, 609. Motacilla flava, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, Mus. x. p. 516, pi. 6. figs. 3-5. No. 849. 3 . Lado, Oct. 2, 1883. 53. ANTHUS PYRRHONOTUS (Vieill.). Anthus gouldi, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, p. 99; viii. 1882, p. 198; id. Zool. Jahrb. ii. 1886, p. 337. ? Anthus sordidus, Pelz. Verh. Wien, xxxi. 1881, p. 145. Anthus pyrrhonotus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 555. No. 164. 2- Redjaf, Jan. 26, 1884.