156 jirscicAPrD-T;. 



to it from the descrijition of Mr. Cassin*. The latter is copied out 

 below, and I am unable to identify the species ; the black bill sug- 

 gests the probability of its being the same as M. hic/ens, but then the 

 under wing-coverts are described as " ashy white," which is like M. 

 C'Prulescens. The tj-pe will have to be re-examined, as the descrip- 

 tion is vague. 



Hah. West A&ica. 



a. Ad. sk. Bembe, Angola. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 6, c. Ad. sk. Elobe district, Gaboon. Henry Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



6. Muscicapa modesta. 



Muscicapa modesti, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 90 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 

 p. 322, no. 4827. 



Adult. Upper surface dark slaty grey, the tail uniform with the 

 back, the wing-feathers dark brown, externally slaty grey like the 

 back, the primaries margined with hoary grey ; in front of the eye 

 a conspicuous white spot ; under surface of body white, the bases to 

 the feathers greyish ; sides of breast and flanks grey ; imder wing- 

 coverts white, the feathers grey at base ; quills ashy brown below, 

 white along the inner web ; thighs white, with dusky grey bases. 

 Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-1, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-7. 



Hab. Gaboon, 

 rt. Ad. sk.f River Danger, Gaboon. Henry Ansell, Esq. [P.], 



7. Muscicapa sordida. 



Erythrosterna sordida, Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B xliii. p. 158 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 392. 



Adult (type of species). General colour above olive-brown, with a 

 greenish tinge, rather yellower on the lower rump, and inclining to 

 ochraceous brown on the upper tail-coverts ; least and median wing- 

 coverts like the back, the greater series dark brown edged with 

 olive and narrowly tipped with whitish ; primary-coverts and quiUs 



* Muscicapa cassini. 



Muscicapa, sp., Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 51. 



Muscicapa cassini, Hei7ie, JJ. 0. 1860, p. 428 ; Hartl. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 170 ; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 322, no. 4829. 

 Adult male. Upper parts clear bluish ashy, lighter on the rump, and with 

 longitudinal lines of brownish black on the head; throat and abdomen white ; 

 breast pale ashy, nearly the same as the back, the under wing-coverts ashy 

 white, the quills and tail brownish black ; an obscure line of ashy white in front 

 of the eye ; bill and feet black. 



Young male. Upper parts cinereous, many feathers with large terminal spots 

 of dull yellowish ; imder parts dull white, with spots and edgings of brownish 

 black ; tail black, narrowly tipped with white. Total length about 5 inches, 

 wing 2|, tail 2 J. (Cassin.) 

 Hah. Gamma River, Gaboon, 



t In bad condition. 



