138 MCSCICAPID^. 



Adult male. Above diill bluish grey, the nape whitish, and tho 

 rump also mottled with white ; a narrow line from the base of the 

 bill over the e3"e, running as far as the hinder part of the eye, but 

 not joining the nape, white ; lores, feathers above and below the eye, 

 ear-coverts, and sides of the upper neck deep black, extending down 

 the back to the limit of the nuchal spot ; wing-coverts and scapulars 

 black, the least coverts slightly mai-giued with whitish, the median 

 and inner greater ones broadly tipped with white, forming a con- 

 spicuous alar bar ; quills dark brown, very narrowly edged with 

 whitish, the secondaries black, more broadly margined, so as to 

 form a line continuous with the wing-band ; upper tail-coverts and 

 tail black, slightly tipped with white, the penultimate feather a little 

 more broadly, the outermost altogether white on the external web ; 

 cheeks, sides of neck, and under surface of the body white, with a 

 broad pectoral band of glossy black ; thighs black ; flanks also 

 mixed with blackish ; under wing-coverts black, the lower ones and 

 those along the bend of the wing white ; bill and feet black ; iris 

 yellow. Total length 5-3 inches, culraen 0-5, wing 2-5, tail 2-2, 

 tarsus 0*73. 



Adult female. Above similar to male, but differing below. Fnder 

 surface white, sides of body mixed A\nth grej' ; a patch in the centre 

 of the throat and a pectoral band deep chestnut. 



Younrj. More dingily coloured than the adults, the upper surface 

 being dull ashy brown, mottled with white streaks and tips to the 

 feathers ; below, the rufous spot on the throat is apparent, but the 

 chest-band is ashy black, mottled with rufous subterminal spots to 

 all the feathers. 



Hab. South Africa. 



a. (? ad. ; b. c5' juv. sk. South Afiica. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. J ad. ; d. J juv. sk. Kingwilliamstown. Lieut. Austey [P-]. 

 e. 2 ad.sk. Kingwilliamstown, Lieut. H. Trevelvan [P.]. 



May 21, 1877. 

 /. (S ad.; c/,h. $ ad. sk. Eland's Post (T. C. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



At7nore). 

 t. 2 ad. sk. Natal. Purchased. 



k. c? ad. sk. Bamangwato, Aug. T. E. Buckley, Esq. [P.]. 



2.3, 187.3. 

 I, m. 2 ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [C.]. 



n. 2 ad. sk. Shupanga, Zambesi. Dr. Kirk [C.]. 



o. 2 ad. sk. Zambesi(Z)r.i>/f//«-). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



p. 2 ad. sk, Ovaquenyania, Da- R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



mara Land, Mav 



25, 1867 (C. J. 



Andersson). 



6. Satis pririt. 



Le Gobe-mouche pririt, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 38, pi. IGl ; Sundev. 



Crit. om Levaill. p. 4.3. 

 Muscicapa pririt, VieUl. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi. p. 486. 

 ^luscipeta senegalensis, Less. Truite, p. 385. 

 Platystira pririt, Gray, Gen. £. i. p. 257; Bp. Consp. i. p. 322. 



