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MUSCICAriD^. 



3. Cassinia semipartita. 



Muscicapa semipartita, Riqrp. Ketie Wirh. pi. 40. fig. 1 ; Gray, Gen. 



B. i. p. 2G3; Riipp. Sijst. Uehers. p. 6], no. 209; Hmyl Syst. 



Vehers. p. 31, no. 299 ; Antin. Descr. Ucc. p. 45. 

 Biitalis semipartita, J5/j. Consp. i. p. 318. 

 Cassinia semipartita, Heuyl. Orn. K.O.-Afr. p. 433: SJiarne, Ibis, 



ISrO, p. 4.33, et 1873, p. 156. 

 Platjstira semipartita, Gray, Hand-l. li. i. p. 330, no. 4952. 



Adult. General colour above ashy grey, lighter on the lower 

 back and rump ; the tail uniform with the back, the shafts of the 

 feathers black, the tips of the outermost narrowly white ; wing- 

 coverts like the back, the primaries blackish, externally hoary grey, 

 the inner secondaries like the back ; sides of face ashy grey, like 

 the head ; the feathers in fi-ont of and round the eye whitish ; cheeks 

 and under surface of body orange-rufous, including the under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries ; quills ashy brown below, greyish along the 

 inner web; "bill blackish; feet dusky lead- colour: iiis umber- 

 brown " (Heiiglin). Total length 7 inches, culmen Q-oo, wing 3-55, 

 tail 3-25, tarsus 0*75. 



Sab. North-eastern Africa. 



a, l\ Ad. sk. White Nile. . Pm-chased. 



