312 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a 



This Flycatcher is very closely allied to M. grisola, L., 

 but differs from that species in the following points : — The 

 entire upper parts are brown, the forehead and crown being 

 uniform and similar in colour to the back, not streaked with 

 dark brown as in M. grisola ; the lores and feathers in front 

 of the eye white ; the cheeks uniform pale brown ; the throat 

 white ; the chest indistinctly streaked with brown (not boldly 

 striated as in M. grisola) ; and the rest of the under surface 

 white. Iris dark brown ; upper mandible purplish-brown, 

 lower mandible pale purple ; legs, feet, and toes greyish- 

 brown. 



Total length (average measurement of 12 specimens) 

 5 inches ; bill (from the base of the skull to the tip) 06 ; 

 wing 2'9 ; tail 2'5 ; tarsus 0'68. 



Muscic.apa grisola. Muscicapa somalien&is. 



Total length .... 5*4 inches. 



Culmen 055 „ 



Wing 3-4 „ 



Tail 2-45 „ 



Tarsus 06 



Total length. ... 5 inches. 



Culmen 06 „ 



Wing 2-9 „ 



Tail 2 5 „ 



Tarsus 0-68 „ 



In all other respects the skins which I have examined are 

 similar to M. grisola, but the characters mentioned above 

 appear to be sufficient to separate them from that species. 



ClttPTOLOPHA UMBRIVIRENS (Riipp.). 



Cryptolopha umbrovirens Reich, ii. p. 463 (1903). 



a, b. S • Waghar, 15th July-lst Nov., 1905. 



Upper mandible dark purplish brown (almost black), lower 

 mandible pale horn-coloured ; legs and feet dark brown with 

 a slight greyish tint. 



Batis orientalis (Heugl.). 

 Batis orientalis Reich, ii. p. 481 (1903). 

 a-m. S ? • Waghar, 23rd June-18th Oct., 1905. 

 n-q. J . Burao, 3rd Jan.-17th Feb., 1906. 

 Iris bright yellow ; bill black ; legs and feet black. 

 [In one bird which was dissected the stomach was found 

 to contain a large number of ants. — G. W. B.~\ 



