4. BATIS. 137 



«. Juv. sk. Waliko, July 27, R. B. Sliarpe, Esq. 



18Ci8 ( JF. Jesse). 

 fi9- 6 ad.; h,i, $ ad. 8k, Achor,Bog-osLand R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(Esler). 



4. Batis minulla. 



Platystira minulla, Bocacje, Jorn. Lisb. 1874, p. -37. 



Batis minulla, Shnrpe, ed. Lai/ard B. S. Afr. p. 350 ; id. ^ Bouvier, 



Bull Soc. Zool. France, 187(5, p. .398; Socage, Orn. Angola, p. 199, 



tab. iii. 



Adult male (tj^pe of species). Upper surface of body dark grey, 

 the nape with a white patch ; scapulars, lower back, and rump mot- 

 tled with white subterminal spots to tho feathers : upper tail-coverts 

 aud tail black, the penultimate feather narrowly edged with white, 

 the outermost rectrix white on the outer web and at tho tip ; wings 

 black, the least coverts very narrowly edged with white, the greater 

 series very broadly tipped, especially the innermost, which are white 

 for the terminal half, the inner secondaries also edged narrowly with 

 white, forming a thin longitudinal line down the wing ; lores whitish, 

 giving the appearance of a narrow frontal line ; feathers between the 

 bill and the eye as well as the sides of the face and ear-coverts black ; 

 a line of black feathers drawn down the sides of the neck on each side 

 of the white nuchal spot ; cheeks, sides of neck, and under parts pure 

 white, the sides of the body mottled with greyish black : across the 

 chest a broad band of glossy black ; thighs black ; under wing-coverts 

 black, tipped with white, the axillaries entirely white ; bill and feet 

 black ; iris bright yellow. Total length 4-2 inches, culmen 0-55, 

 wing 2-18, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-65. {Mus. Lisbon.) 



Achilt female. Similar to the male, but distinguished by a chestnut 

 pectoral band instead of a black one. Total length 4 inches, culmen 

 0-5, wing 2-05, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-65. {Mus. Lisbon.) 



Hab. Angola and the Congo district. 



a. S ad. sk. Iwiudo, Congo. MM. Lucan and Petit [C], 



5. Batis molitor. 



Muscicapa molitor, Hakn u. Kiister, Von. aus Asien $-c Lief xx 

 Taf. 3. , ■ . . 



Platysteira pririt {nee V.), Cab. Mus. Hdn. Th. i. p. o9 ; Grill, Zool. 



Anteckn. p. 26 ; Gurneg, Ibis, 18G0, p. 210 ; Hartl. Orn. Madag. 



p. 45 ; Gurney, Ibis, 18<d2, p. lo6 ; Kirk, Ibis, 18(34, p. 319; 8chl. 



§- Poll. Faun. Madag. p. xiv ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 329 ; Finsch 



8, Hartl. Vog. Osfafr. p. 314; Sha>-pe, Cat. Afr, B. p. 44; Gurney, 



in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 131. 

 Platystira melanoleuca, Licht. Nomencl. p. 20. 

 Platystira molitor, Licht. t. c. p. 20 ; Bocuqe, Jorn. Lisb. 1870. 



pp. 3G, ri5. ' ' 



Batis molitor, Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. IHG ; Buckley, Ibis, 1874, p. 37.5 ; 



Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 75; Sharpe, ed. Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 348^ 



pi. X. tig. 1 ; Bocaye, Or)i. Angola, p. 198. ' 

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