258 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a Collection of 



95. Pachyi'roka molitor (Hahn & Kiist.). 



(55) ^ jUmvuli river, 17th August. Matabele name " Man- 

 tilima." Iris bright yellow ; bill, tarsi, and feet black. 



Common on the Umvuli. They have peculiarly loud notes, 

 considering the size of the bird, but they are not unpleasant. 



[1 have placed this species in the genus Pachyprora, instead 

 of Batis, as the latter geiieric name was previously, and is 

 still, in general use in botany. — G-. E. S.] 



96. jNfuSCICAPA GRISOLA, Tiinu. 



(98) Quae Quae river, 2.2nd October. 



We met with a few of these birds towards the latter end of 

 October; so I presume they migrate to Mashoona land about 

 this time. 



97. Hyliota australis, sp. u. (Plate YII. fig. 1.) 



(48) Umvuli river, 14th iUigust. Iris dusky ; bill bluish 

 ash, black at the tip; tarsi and feet dark ash-colour, nearly 

 black. Total length in the flesh 4*75 inches. The crop con- 

 tained a large spider. 



Exceedingly scarce, frequenting the upper parts of high 

 trees, amongst the buds and young leaves of which it actively 

 searches for insects. 



[The present species principally differs from any hitherto 

 described Hyliota in the entire absence of any steel-blue shade 

 on the upper parts. 



The specimen before me is labelled male, and is apparently 

 in full plumage. I have compared it with H. flavigastra, 

 Swains., in the British Museum, but only know H. violacea, 

 Verr. (which appears to me as doubtfully distinct from H. 

 fiavigastra), by the description. 



H. australis : Upper parts and sides of the head dull black, 

 slightly glossed with metallic lilac ; across the lower back a 

 broad band of white feathers ti^jped with black, much hidden 

 by the overlapping of the black feathers, giving a mottled 

 appearance to this part ; median and greater wing-coverts 

 entirely white, with the exception of a few of the outer ones; 

 secondaries with a white base, increasing in breadth towards 

 the innermost ones ; inner webs of the quills with white edges ; 



