i)0 Mr. B. A lex under— ^/« Oniitholoyical 



flesli) 4 25 inolies, m iiig 2'3;, tail TB. Iris lemon-yellow ; bill, 

 legs, and feet black. 



Adult S (Oct. 11, 1898). Total length (measured in flesh) 

 4-23 inclies, wing 2-2, tail 1-7. 



Adalt ? (Aug. 1, 1898). Total length (measured in fle>li) 

 4'5 inches, wing 2-3, tail 1'9, Iris yellow. 



116. Erythrocercus fr.\ncisci (Selater fil.). 



This interesting little Flycatcher was described by 

 Mr. W. L. Selater at the British Ornithologists' Club in June 

 1898, from Inhambane, Portuguese East Africa (see Bull. 

 B. O. C. vol. vii. p. Ix). We obtained our two specimens 

 near Zumbo and in thick Avood close to the river. They 

 were very silent, continuously flitting from one high tree 

 to another, and as they did so looking much like a pair of 

 miniature Redstarts, their red tails in flight being very 

 conspicuous. After obtaining these two specimens, we con- 

 stantly looked out for the species again, but never noticed it 

 till we reached the mouth of the Kafue river, where on June 8 

 a single specimen was observed in company witii some other 

 small birds. 



Livingstone obtained an example of a species {E. living- 

 stonii Finsch & Hartl. ^) on the Zambesi which is very similar 

 to our bird, though lacking the black spots on the tail ; but 

 since Livingstone's specimen is, in my opinion, nothing more 

 than an immature bird, it is highly probable that E. francisci 

 is the adult of E. livingstonii. 



Adult S • Total length (measured in flesh) 4*25 inches, wing 

 1"9. Iris black ; upper mandible brown, lower horn-colour ; 

 legs and feet brown. 



Adult ? . Total length (measured in flesh) 4-57 inches, 

 wing 1'8. Soft parts as in male. 



117. Terpsiphone PERspiciLLATA (Swaius.). 



Not numerous, and is migratory to a great extent in the 

 Zambesi region. In Novem.ber the males had their long 

 rectrices well developed, when the green gloss also disappears 



* Cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 298, pi. ix. fig. 2. 



