4. BAxis. 139 



Platystira affiuis, Jf'u/,/b. (Efv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. Slockh. 1865, 



p. 214; Gray, Haml-l B. i. p. 329; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 43; 



Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 181 ; Hurtl. Vog. Madag. 



p. 178. 

 Platysteira senegalensis, Mont. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 95. 

 Batis pririt, Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. 168 ; id. ed. Layard, B. S. Afr. 



p. 349, pi. X. figs. 2, 3 (c? 2 ) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 199. 



Adidt. nude. Indistinguishable from B. molitor in colour, but a 

 little smaller ; " iris light lemon-yellow on the inner edge, shading 

 off into greenish grey in the outer circle " (Andcrsson). Wiug 2-15. 



Adult female. Above clear bluish grey, the rump mottled with 

 white ; sides of neck and nuchal spot clear orange-buff ; a narrow 

 superciliary line of white from the base of the bill ; lores, feathers 

 round the eye, ear-coverts, and sides of upper neck black ; wings 

 and tail as in B. molitor ; throat and entire breast clear orange- 

 buff ; abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; flanks mixed with 

 blackish; thighs black; bill and feet black. Total length 3-8 

 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 2-2, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. South Africa. 



a,b.S2 'id. sk. Damara Laud. C. J. Andei-sson, Esq. [C.]. 



c. 5 ad. sk. South AlVica. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d. $ ad. sk. Colesberg {Ortlepp). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 e,f. cJ ad. sk. Ovaquenyama, Damai-a R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Land, June 1867 ( C. J. 



Andcrsson). 

 g. 2 ad. sk. Otiimbinque, July 7, R. B. Shai'pe, Esq. 



1866 (C. J. A.). 

 k, i. (S $ ad. sk. Swakop river (C. J. A.). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 k. 2 ad. sk. West of Tjobis, April 3, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



l8Go {C. J. A.). 

 I. d ad. .sk. Elephant Vlev, Sept. 5, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1859 (C. J.' A.), 

 m. 2 ad. sk. Benguela. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



7. Batis rainima. 



riatvstiia minima, J. ^- E. Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1855, p. 219 ; 



Hard. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 95 ; id. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 169; Graij, Hand-l. 



^. i. p. 329. 

 Batis minima, Sharpe, Ihig, 1873, p. 169. 



Adult. Above cinderj- black, the lower back and rump slightly 

 mottled with white ; no perceptible nuchal spot ; lores white ; sides 

 of the face black like the crown ; entire throat and sides of neck 

 white ; a broad pectoral baud of cindery black, rather more ashy in 

 shade ; rest of under surface white, the flanks varied with greyish 

 black ; under wing-coverts white ; wing black, the quills slightly 

 inclining to brown, the median and inner greater coverts white, as 

 also the margins to the inner secondaries, forming a continuous bar 

 of white down the wing ; tall black, the outermost feather white 

 along the outer web at the tip, running round on to the inner web, 

 the two next sliglitlv tipped with white ; bill black ; feet blackish 



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