8. PLAirsxiRA. 145 



Adult (tyije of species). Sooty black ; below dark ashy, whitish 

 in the centre of the breast ; under tail-eoverts conspicuously mar- 

 gined with white; throat and lores whitish; cheeks washed with 

 whitish ; greater wiug-coverts and quills tipped with whitish ; bill 

 and feet blackish, brown in skin ; " bill and feet black ; iris dark 

 brown'' (Heichenoiv). Total length 4*7 inches, culmen 0"3, wing 3-1, 

 tail 2, tarsus 0-5. 



Ohs. The wliite tips to the wing-coverts seem to be a sign of 

 immaturity, as the older birds aro uniform, and are distinguished 

 by the characters noted in the " Key." 



Hub. Fanteo country in "Western Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Abrobonko, Fantee, Jan. 14, R. B. Sbarpe, Esq, 



1871 (Governor Usshei'). (Type of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Fantee ( Ussher). R. B. feharpe, Esq. 



c. d, e. Ad. sk. Fautee (Aubinn). R. B. Sbarpe, Esq. 



8. PLATYSTIRA. 



Type. 

 Platysteira, Jard. ^- Selhy, 111. Orn. ii. Addenda (c. 1830) . . P. cyanea. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



With a line of white down the wing, formed by 



the white greater coverts and the outer webs of 



some of the inner secondaries. 



«'. Throat entirely white as also the rest of the 



imder surface, with a broad pectoral collar of 



glossy black. 



a". Forehead black like the crown cyanea cj , p. 145, 



b". Forehead white dbifrons (S > p- 147. 



b'. Throat and chest maroon j chin and rest of 



under sm-face white cyanea 2 , p. 140. 



Without any white bar on the wing, 

 c'. Throat and chest glossy greenish black; chin 



and rest of under surface black peltata 5 , p. 147. 



d'. Throat and under surface white, with a broad 



pectoral collai- of greenish black peltata ^ , p. 147. 



1. Platystira cyanea. 

 Gobe-mouche a collier du Senegal, Briss. Orn. ii. p. 370, pi. xxxvi. 



Gobe-mouche a gorge rousse du SiSuegal; Buff". PI. Enl. v. pi. 5(37. 



%3(?). 

 Muscicapa cyanea, P. L. S. Midler, S. Xat. Suppl. p. 170 : Cass. Pr. 



PhU. Acad. 18G4, p. i'5G. 

 Collared Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 1, p. 330 ($ ). 

 Muscicapa nielanoptera, Gm. S. N. i. p. i)39. 

 riatyrhvnchus collaris, JIahn u. Kiister, Vof/. aus Asian, ^-c. Lief xx. 



Taf. 1 ; Bonn, ft Vieill. Enc. Mcth. ii. p. 836 ($) ; Jard. Sf Sclby, 



III. Orn. i. pi. ix. fig. 1 (cJ). 



