306 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds collected 



The measurements are as follows : — 



Wing. Tail, 

 in. in. 



(S (5119) 3-9 3-2 



S (5094) 3-75 2-9 



2 (5095) 3-55 2-8 



Bias musicus Vieill. 



Bias musicus Reich, ii. p. 469 (1903). 



No. 5172. a. $ . Below Kasongo, Upper Congo, 

 2000 ft., 6th Feb. 



Nos. 5213, 5225, 5226. b-d. S ? • Ponthierville, Upper 

 Congo, 2000 ft., 19th & 20th Feb. 



c^ . Iris yellow ; bill black ; feet yellow. 



? . Iris yellow or pale yellow ; bill black ; feet pale grey 

 or pale yellow. 



[The Black-and-White Flycatcher haunts the tree-tops in 

 thick forest, and sings on the wing like a Tree-Pipit. — D. C] 



Mr. Carruthers's remarks about the musical powers of this 

 species are opposed to the observations of Dr. G. A. Fischer 

 [cf. Stark & Scl. B. S. Afr. ii. p. 251 (1901)]. 



DiAPHOROPHYiA CASTANEA (Fraser). 



Diaphorophyia castanea Reich, ii. p. 490 (1903). 



No. 5166, 5181, 5190. a-c. J. Below Kasongo, Upper 

 Congo, 2000 ft., 4th-9th Feb. 



Nos. 5227. d. ? imm. Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 

 2000 ft., 20th Feb. 



Iris dark red or hazel ; eyelid dark red ; bill black ; feet 

 dark red. 



Batis MOLiTOR (Hahu & Kiist.). 



Batis molitor Reich, ii. p. 482 (1903). 



Nos. 5122, 5123. a, b. S ? • North-west of Lake 

 Tanganyika, 3000 ft., 2nd Jan. 



Iris greenish-yellow ; bill and feet black. 



Mr. Carruthers notes that these White-flanked Flycatchers 

 were evidently a pair, as they were shot in company with one 

 another. 



