248 MUSCTCAPIDJJ. 



1 . Hyliota flavigastra. 



Ilyliota flavigastra, Siraitis. C/assif. B. ii. p. 2G0 : id. B. W. Afr. ii. 



p. 47 ; id. Monot/i: F/i/c. p. 228, pi. 28 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 319 ; 



Haril Orn. W.-Afr. p.' 97, no. 299; Ilemjl. Oni. N.O.-Afr. p. 440; 



Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche, Sfc. p. 19. 

 Hyliota orientalis, Heutjl. J. f. O. 186.3, p. 274. 

 Muscicapa flavigastra, Grm/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 323, 'no. 4851. 



Adult male. General colour above glossy purplish black, the 

 feathers of the rump very long and lax, silky white or greyish with 

 purplish-black ends ; least wing-coverts pui-plish black like the 

 back ; remainder of the wing-coverts pure white, forming a large 

 shoulder-patch ; outer greater coverts white at base, blackish at 

 tip ; primary-coverts and quills black, with a narrow edging of 

 glossy pni-plish, the inner secondaries white at the base of the outer 

 web ; tail-feathers black, glossed on the outer web with steel-green ; 

 lores, feathers round the eye, and oar-covcrts glossy purplish black ; 

 cheeks and under surface of body ochraceous yellow, deeper on the 

 breast and paler on the vent and under tail-coverts ; thighs whitish ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries white, as also the ijiner lining of 

 the quilk underneath. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 

 2-8, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-7. 



Female. Above dull grey ; quills and lateral tail-feathers narrowly 

 edged with white. {Ilartlauh.) 



Hah. N.E. Africa ; Sencgambia. 



a. (S ad. sk. Senegambia. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



2. Hyliota violacea. 



Hyliota violacea, J. 4' E. Verr. Rev. et Mm/, de Zcol. 1851, p. 308; 



StricU. Contr. Orn. 18.51, p. 132 ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 98; Cass. 



Pr. Philad. Acad. 18.59, p. 51 ; Hartl. J. f. O. 18G1, j). 170 ; Bocage, 



Jorn. Lish. 1870, p. 343; id. Orn. Angola, p. 190; S/iarjye, ed. 



Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 336, no. 322. 

 Muscicapa violacea, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 323. 



Adult male. All the upperparts blue-black, with a steel-blue and 

 violet reflection ; a large white band on the wing, formed by the 

 lesser and greater wing-coverts and the outer webs of the innermost 

 secondaries : below white, washed with buff, the breast more 

 strongly tinged with this colour ; under tail-coverts pure white ; 

 quills of the same colour as the back, blackish below, bordered with 

 white along their inner webs ; " upper mandible dark brown, the 

 lower one paler ; tarsi and toes blackish ; iris chocolate " (Anchieta). 

 Total length 5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2*95, tail 2-05, tarsus 0-8. 

 (Bocage.) 



Hah. West Africa from Gaboon to Benguola. 



Ob.'^. On this doubtful species Prof. Barboza du Bocage's remarks 

 should be studied. 



