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Bias musicus , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 92 ; — F. & Hartl. 

 Vög. 0. Afr. p. 313, pi. 3, fig. 2 & 3; — Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds Br. Mus. IV. p. 142. 



Hab. West Africa, from Liberia to Angola; Zambesi. 



Collected near Robertsport (Grand Cape Mount). 



Tolerably common in brushwood along and on the grassy 

 plains, in plantations and gardens, even in the Negro 

 habitations. It feeds upon caterpillars and flying insects. 



Iris golden yellow , bill black , feet pale yellow. 



Artomyias ussheri. 



Artomyias ussheri, Sharpe, Ibis 1871, p. 416; id. Cat. 

 Birds Br. Mus. IV. p. 144, PI. 3, fig. 2. 



Hab. Liberia and Gold Coast. 



An adult male , collected at Sofore Place. 



I shot this rare bird in brushwood along the banks of 

 the St. Paul's, where it seemed to live on insects. 



Iris dark brown , bill black , feet sooty brown. 



Platystira cyanea. 



Muscicapa cyanea, S. Muller, Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 170. 



Platystira melanoptera , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 93; — 

 Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 195. 



Platystira cyanea, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. IV. p. 145. 



Hab. West Africa, from Senegambia to the Congo. 



Collected near Robertsport. 



This species is not rare in brushwood along swamps and 

 rivers. It feeds upon caterpillars which it picks ofi" from twigs. 



Iris brown , wattle above the eye scarlet , bill and feet black. 



Muscicapa grisola. 



Muscicapa grisola , Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 328 ; — Hartl. 

 Orn. W. Afr. p. 97. 



Hab. It is a winter visitant in whole Africa. 



Notes from the Lieyden IMuseum, ^''ol. VII. 



