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genus. In fact P. capensis has short wings, and P. scandens the wings long, 

 and in other points of structure these birds are quite different, though belong- 

 ing to the same group of Thrushes, and allied to Ixos and Andropadus. 



93. Pyrrhurus leucopleurus, (Cassin.) 



Phyllastrephus leucopleurus, Cassin, Proc. Acad. 1855, p. 328. 



Several specimens from the Camma do not vary materially from my descrip- 

 tion, as cited above. The affinities of this bird are more nearly to the prece- 

 ding and P. scandens than to any African birds with which I am acquainted, 

 but there are Asiatic species also to which it is related. The bristles at the 

 base of the bill in the present bird are smaller than in the preceding. 



This bird approximates to Asiatic birds, very confusedly given by authorB 

 as species of the genera Brachypus, Napothera, Trichophorus and others. It 

 quite considerably resembles a species received from the Leyden Museum, 

 labelled " Trichophorus striolatus, Miiller, Java," but is larger and has the 

 tail longer, though it is apparently of the same genus. There are also other 

 birds in the Acad. coll. variously estimated generically, but of the same group 

 as the present species. I arrange it here provisionally, until I can find out 

 further. 



94. Muscipeta flaviventris, Verreaux. 



Muscipeta flaviventris, Verr. Cab. Jour. iii. p. 103, (1855.) 



Muscipeta tricolor, Fraser ? 

 A very beautiful species, varying much at different ages, but recognizable by 

 the peculiar rich red orange or bay of the under parts. In the adult the 

 plumage on the upper parts of the body is orange yellow at the base of the 

 feathers, and on the rump the feathers are of the same color as the under parts, 

 but tipped with bluish ashy. With some displacement of the feathers the rump 

 might readily be supposed to be of the same color as the under parts. 

 Specimens from the Camma and from the Moonda are nearly all young. 



95. Muscipeta melampyra, Verreaux. 



Muscipeta melampyra, Verr. 

 Specimens in several of Mr. Duchaillu's collections. From the Camma. 



96. Muscipeta Smithii, Fraser. 



Muscipeta Smithii, Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1S43, p. 34. 

 Another very handsome species recognizable without difficulty from the 

 description as cited. This bird bears relations to both Muscipeta nigriceps 

 (Hartlaub)* and M. flaviventris, Verreaux, and in fact looks like a specimen 

 of the former, with the tail of the latter appended. Head glossy bluish black, 

 back, rump, wing coverts and entire under parts fine orange-rufous, quills and 

 tail brownish black, with a strong tinge of bluish ashy on the outer webs of 

 the feathers. Total length about 7| inches. The black of the head extends 

 further on the neck in this species than in M. nigriceps, and the color of the 

 tail is entirely different, being fine reddish or chestnut orange in the latter. 



97. Muscipeta melanogastra, Swaineon ? 



Muscipeta melanogastra, Swains. B. of W. Afr. ii. p. 55, (1837)? 

 Specimens which I refer provisionally to this species are not adult, and but 



* Muscipeta nigriceps, (Hartlaub.) 



" Tohitrea nigriceps, Temm." Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 91. 



Velvet-headed Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Hist. vi. p. 198. 

 Both sexes of this species are in the Acad, coll., having been received in Dr. 

 Macdowell's collection from St. Paul's river. Head and throat glossy purplish 

 black, quills dark brown, all other parts of the plumage, including tail, rich 

 orange rufous, inclining to chestnut on the breast, tail with the middle feathers 

 much the longest in the male. Female with the tail short, head and throat 

 dark brown, all other parts of the plumage dull orange rufous. Total length, 

 % about 9^ inches, < about 6 inches. 



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