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MuscicAPiri.T:. 



a, b. $ ad. sk. West Afi-ica. L. Fraser. Esq. [C.]. 



c. Juv. sk. River Gambia. 



d. S imm. sk. Casamance. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



e. c? ad. sk. River Volta, August R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1870 {Governor Ussher). 



f. S ad. sk. Accra (J. Smith). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



V- 2 ad. sk. Landana, Congo. MM. Lucan & Petit [P.]. 



fi, i. S 2 ^^- St. Sennaar. Purchased. 



k. cS ad. sk. Mombas, E. Africa R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



( Wakefield). 



3. Batis orientalis. 



Platystira pririt, Blanf. Gcol. S,- Zool Abyss, p. 345 ; Finsch, Tr. Z. S. 



vii. p. 247. 

 Platystira affinis, Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 315. 

 Platystira orientalis, Heiigl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 449. 

 Batis orientalis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. 105 ; Antiii. Sf Salrad. Viaffff. 



Bogos, p. 75. 



Adult male. Crown of the head and back grey, more or less clear, 

 but not blackish ; a broad white eyebrow extending backwards till 

 it joins the nape, forming a nuchal spot ; sides of face from base of 

 bill, enclosing the eye and the ear-coverts, black, extending on each 

 side of the nuchal spot : back grey, the outer scapulars black, with 

 concealed white bases, the rump also slightly mottled with white, 

 where tbe bases to the feathers show through ; upper tail-coverts 

 glossy black ; wing-coverts black, the median and inner greater 

 coverts broadly tipped with white ; quills greyish black, the primaries 

 narrowly edged with whitish, the outer secondaries very broadly bor- 

 dered with white ; tail-feathers deep black, slightly tipped with 

 white, the two outer ones also broadly bordered with white for nearly 

 a quarter of their length ; under surface of body white, with a broad 

 pectoral band of glossy blue-black, the flanks sparingly streaked with 

 black ; tibial plumes black ; under wing-coverts black, the tips of the 

 lower ones and inner linings of quills white ; bill and feet black : 

 iris yellow. Total length 4 inches, culmcn 0"5, wing 2*05, tail 1-65, 

 tarsus 0*6.5. 



Adult female. Resembles the male, but has the pectoral band 

 chestnut instead of black. 



Toitng female. Similar to the adult, but having the white eyebrow, 

 the nuchal spot, and margins of the wing-coverts and quills tipped 

 with rust-colour. 



ffab. North-east Africa. 



a. cJad.sk. Near Magen, Feb. 18, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



1868. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Ailat, Samhar, June 28, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



1868. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Abyssinia, on the road Colonel Sturt [P.]. 



to Magdala. 



d. c? ad. sk. Abyssinia ( W. Jesse). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



