134 MUSCICAPID.'E. 



B. i. p. 329; Finsch 8)- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 310 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. 



B. p. 44. 

 Plat\'stira thoracica, Licht. Nomencl. p. 20. 

 Platvstira strepitans, Licht. t. c. p. 20. 

 Pachyprora capensis, Sunclev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 24. 



Adult male. Entire head deep ashy grey, with a black line drawn, 

 from the forehead on each side, enclosing the eye and ear-coverts, and 

 extending down on each side of the neck so as to form a border to 

 the grey head ; the rest of the back olive-brown, the riimp irregu- 

 larly mottled with white, which shows more conspicuously on the 

 disarrangement of the feathers ; upper tail-coverts glossy greenish 

 black, with a white tip ; least wing-coverts olive-brown like the back, 

 the greater ones darker, the median and the inner greater coverts 

 bright orange-rufous ; quills dark brown, the inner secondaries 

 tipped with white, the outer secondaries broacUy edged with orange- 

 rufous, continuous with the coverts, which are similarly coloured ; 

 tail black, with a very slight greenish gloss, the feathers more or less 

 broadly tipped with white, the outer feathers margined externally 

 with a broad white line ; entire throat and sides of nock pure white ; 

 fore part of chest black, forming a very broad pectoral band, slightly 

 tinged on the side with olive-brown, some of the lower feathers 

 slightly margined with white ; centre of belly and under tail-coverts 

 white ; sides of body bright orange-rufous ; tibial plumes blackish ; 

 under wing-covorts white, the outennost small coverts brown ; bill 

 and feet black ; iris yeUow. Total length 3-9 inches, culmen 0-5, 

 wing 2-2, tail 1-65, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Forehead and eyebrow whitish, but otherwise very 

 similar to the male on the upper parts. Underneath white, with a 

 patch of orange-rufous occupying nearly the whole of the throat ; 

 upper part of breast and sides of body rich orange-rufous, deepening 

 into rust-colour on the pectoral band. 



Hab. South Africa. 



a. c? ad. st. Cape Colony. 



b. S ad. St. Cape Colony. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 

 c,d. cS 2 ad. sk. Knysna, Jan. 3, 1866 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(C J. Andersson). 

 e,f. cS ad., ff. 5 ad. sk. Near Kingwilliams- Lieut. H. Trevelyan [P.]. 



town. 

 h. 2 ad. sk. Grahamstown (E. L. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Lmjard). 

 i. S ad., k. 5 juv. sk. Grahamstown (T. C. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Atmore^. 

 I. S ad. sk. Swellendani (Cairn- R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



a-oss) . 

 m. S ad. sk. Natal. Thomas Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



n,o. (S 2 ad. sk. Macamac, .luly 1874. F. A. Barratt, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Batis senegalensis. 



Le Gobe-mouche a poitrine rousse du Senegal, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 374, 

 pi. 37. fig. 2 ; Stiff. PI. Enl. v. pi. 567. fig. 1, = $ . 



Le Gobe-mouche a poitrine noire du Senegal, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 375, 

 pi. 38. fig. 3 ; Buff. PI Enl. v. pi. 567. fig. 2, = c? • 



