34 Mr. P. A. Sheppard on Birds collected and 



85. Bias musicus (Vieill.). Black-and- White Flycatcher. 

 Very scarce ; have only seen one specimen, shot by Mr. 

 C. H. B. Grant while collecting at M'Zimbiti. 



^(3. Platystira peltata, Snnd. Green-throated Fly- 

 catcher. 



Scarce here ; usually found in small companies, in thick 

 bush near water, keeping among the lower branches and 

 undergrowth. It is o£ shy habits, and rather difficult to 

 shoot. It is very partial to bamboo-thickets, and keeps up a 

 continuous twittering when on the move. I have only once 

 seen this species far away from water, in bush ; it seems to 

 prefer the woods in low-lying, damp ground. 



87. Pachyprora molitor (Hahn & Kiist.). White- 

 flanked Flycatcher. 



A'^ery common. 



88. Pachyprora sheppardi (Haagn.). Sheppard's Fly- 

 catcher. 



\_Batis sheppardi, Annals Tvl. Museum, Jan. 1909.] 

 c?. M'Zimbiti, near Beira, 27. 5. 08. 

 ? . „ „ 3. 5. 08. 



89. Bradornis pallidus murinus, Finsch & Hartl. Mouse- 

 coloured Flycatcher. 



Fairly common. Two females procured. 



90. Sheppardia gunningi, Haagn. Orange-breasted Fly- 

 catcher. 



[Annals Tvl. Museum, Jan. 1909.] 

 S . M'Zimbiti, near Beira, 5. 1. 08. 



91. Trochocercus cyanomelas (Vieill.). Blue-mantled 

 Flycatcher. 



Uncommon and only seen in dense bush. 



92. Terpsiphone per^picillata (Swains.). Paradise 

 Flycatcher. 



A common species here, especially on the mangrove- 

 swamps, w^here it apparently builds, as I have often seen a 



