98 Mr. C. F. M. Swyiinerton on the 



longer crest (1*45 inches), the greater whiteness of its lower 

 breast and abdomen, and the clear grey instead of greyish- 

 brown colour of the wing-quills and tail. The metallic blue- 

 black of the throat also comes right down on to the breast 

 in the present species, and the secondaries have narrow dull 

 white tips which are lacking in T. cyanonielas. 



137. Trochocercus albonotatus. White-spotted Fly- 

 catcher. 



Trochocercus albonotatus Shelley, B, Afr. i. p. 99. 



Rh, I have noted this Flycatcher only in Chirinda 

 (and Chipete), and this is, up to the present, the only 

 locality from which it has been recorded south of the 

 Zambesi. Its flight is frequently characterized by a purring 

 sound. On April 3rd one of these birds was seen by 

 Odendaal to dart out from the trees at the edge of Chirinda 

 at a butterfly (Mylothris) flying past a few feet away, but 

 to turn back on reaching it without an attempt at capture. 

 Mylothris being one of our distasteful genera and at the 

 same time possessing quite a distinctive flight, the fact that 

 the Trochocercus flew at it at all seems to indicate that birds 

 are liable to be guided as much by the mere colour as by the 

 flight of an insect. Had it proved to be a Belenois it would 

 probably have been taken. 



The measurements in the flesh of two specimens in my 

 collection were 5' 12 and 5*5 inches. Bill and feet black, 

 irides dark brown. 



138. Terpsiphone plumbeiceps. Lead-headed Paradise 

 Flycatcher. 



Tchitrea plumbeiceps Eeichenow, Vog. Afr. ii. p. 510. 



Chindao : at Arucate " Chinyamtambo " ; on high veld 

 " Izwezwi." Singuni : '^ Jve." 



Rh., P. This is the common Paradise Flycatcher of both 

 our high and low veld, none of the specimens which I have 

 obtained up to the present being referable to the closely- 

 allied T. perspicillata. In November to January I noted it 

 in the Zinyumbo Hills (a party), on the Mwangezi, at and 



