88 Mr. V. J. Jacksou on Birds 



237. DiOPTRORNIS FISCHERI. 



Dioptrornis Jischeri Reichen. ; Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. 

 p. 151 (1894); Hinde, Ibis, 1898, p. 581 (Macbako's) ; 

 Hartert, Ansorge's African Sun, p. 338 (1899) (Eldoma 

 Ravine) ; O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 257 ; Sbarpe, P. Z. S. 

 1900, p. 608. 



Muscicapa Jischeri (Reicben.) ; Sbelley, B. Africa, i. p. 94 

 (1896). 



Nos. 100, 110. S ad. Ravine, June 19, 22, 1896. Iris 

 brown; bill born-blue, with extreme tip black; feet olive- 

 black. Plentiful in the forest on the edges of open spaces. 



Nos. 126, 127. S ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 29, 

 1896. 



No. 136. S imm. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 2, 1896. 



No. 473. S ad. Ravine, Feb. 20, 1897. 



Very plentiful. Frequents both bush and tall trees. 

 Though this bird is very like a Flycatcher in habits, it 

 cannot be considered a true Flycatcher. For the most part 

 it takes its prey on the wing, but often from the ground. 

 Some of its habits resemble those of a Bradyornis. Found 

 singly or two or three together. Builds its nest high up in 

 a tree. 



No. 518. ? juv. Ravine, March 7, 1897. Iris brown ; 

 bill pale horn-blue with dusky tip, gape yellow, base of lower 

 mandible pale horn-blue with yellowish tint ; feet pale horn- 

 blue, toes slate-colour. 



No. 541. ? ad. Ravine, March 19, 1897. Breeding. 

 Nest with two eggs in cleft of dead tree thirty feet from the 

 ground. Found the nest of this bird by seeing the male 

 (which I also shot, but lost in a large mass of weeds &c.) 

 sitting on a branch above the nest and peeping down at the 

 female as she sat upon it, evidently to sati*>fy himself that 

 all was well. 



No. 611. S ad. Ravine, April 6, 1897. 

 No. 879. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, Feb. 17, 1898. 

 I believe some doubt has been expressed as to this bird 

 being a Flycatcher. If habits have anything to do with classi- 



