328 ^ Capt. B. Alexander on the 



washed with rufous ; lesser, median, and greater wing- 

 coverts externally edged and tipped with rufous fawn ; quills 

 and secondaries externally edged with the same, the latter 

 tipped with fulvous ; under surface light ashy brown, 

 Avhitish on chin, throat, and abdomen ; flanks and under tail- 

 coverts washed with rufous fawn ; tail-feathers brown, tipped 

 with tawny buff; under wing-coverts and inner linings to 

 qudls tawny. ( ? , Kintampo, 30/11/00.) 



Adult male (25/4/01, Gambaga). Upper parts uniform 

 pale brown ; the rufous edgings to the wing-coverts and 

 quills have almost disappeared, leaving hoary whitish margins; 

 lores and ring round each eye dull white ; under parts white, 

 washed with pale ashy brown on the fore-neck, chest, and 

 flanks ; under wing-coverts and inner edges of quills pale 

 fawn-coloured ; under tail-coverts white ; tail-feathers brown, 

 edged with pale brown. Total length (in flesh) 6'5 inches, 

 wing 3-28, culmen 0-6, tail 3-2. 



This species is widely distributed over the open country 

 and is migratory in its habits. 



154. MusciCAPA GRisoLA Liuu. 



Muscicapa yrisola Linn.; Sliarpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 151; 

 Reichen. J. f. 0. 1897, p. 26 (Togoland). 



Two adult males were obtained at Kwissaon October 16th, 

 1900. 



155. Muscicapa c^erulesceiNs Hurtl. 



Muscicapa ccerulescens Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 154 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. 0. 1897, p. 26 (Togoland). 



Muscicapa cinerascens Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 94. 



Krachi, ? ad. Iris hazel ; bill horu-brown, base of lower 

 mandible light yellowish ; legs and feet brown. 



Our example agrees well with specimens from South 

 Africa in the British Museum. 



The type of the subspecies, M. cinerascetts, is in worn 

 plumage, as is also a typical specimen from Abouri (ad. ? , 

 Feb. 21, 1872, Shelley Mus.). An example of M. ccsru- 

 lescens in the British Museum from Biballa, Angola (ad. ? , 

 Feb. 1868, Anchietu), is in worn plumage, and in this 



