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49. Psalidoprocne petiti Sharpe Bouv. 



1 ^ ^Vio 1905. Mbgu. 



Native name: »Lubende-bende» = »Swallow». 



50. Muscicapa ficedida L. 

 1 ^ ^Vio 1905. Mbgu. 



51. Bias musicus (Vieill.). 

 1 ^ "Vt 1905. Kgyi. 



»Iris yellow, feet yellow, bill black. Feeds on insects». 



52. Balis senegaleiisis (L.). 

 ^ 24/^ 1905. Mbgu. 



»Iris yellow, biJl and feet black. Feeds on insects». 



I was somewhat doubtful whether I should regard tliis 

 specimen as belonging to Batis senegalensis as the eyebrow- 

 stripes do not extend round the nape, nor join there so as 

 to form a white nuchal spöt. I took therefore the liberty of 

 submitting the specimen to my friend Professor Reichenow 

 who kindly informed me that it really was a senegalensis 

 according to his opinion. It is thus fully stated that the 

 range of this species extends in to the Congo river basin, 

 which seemed somewhat doubtful before. 



53. Platysteira cyanea (St. Mull.). 



2 ^^. Mbgu. 

 »Iris dark, feet black». . 

 1 ? ^Vio 1905. Mbgu. 

 »Iris dark». 

 The geographic range of this bird appears to be som- 

 what extended by this collection. 



54. Diaphorophyia castanea (Fras.). 



1 specimen. 



55. Diaphorophyia hormophora (Rchw.). 

 1 ^ y\o 1905. Mbgu. 

 »Iris dark, feet black». 

 A white band across the neck is present in this speci- 

 men and therefore I must regard it as a »hormophora», al- 

 though Reichenow in his great work indicated this variety 

 to be distributed from Liberia to Togo only, and not exten- 

 ding as far south as to Congo where it should be substituted 



