the Tvdnsvaal Museum from Boror. 31 



and fine roots placed in the fork of a small, smooth, white- 

 haiked tree at a height of about ten feet from the ground. 



Smitiiornis capensis (A. Sm,). li. 1038. (1 M.) 

 Resident. 



I. grey-brown ; B. max. black, mand. white ; L. yellowish 

 green. Leng. 142 ; W. 72 ; Tl. 47 ; Ts. 14 ; C. 15. 



Attention was first drawn to the call of this strange Fly- 

 catcher at ]\Ipimba, where this specimen was secured, and it 

 was not uncommon. Subsequently I heard it also at Villa 

 Pereira. It was observed only in certain dark forest where 

 there was little or no undergrowth. 



Hyliota flavigastra barboz.^, Hartl. R. 1010 a. 

 (I M.) 



(Data lost.) W. 04 ; Tl. 42 ; Ts. 17 ; C. 11-5. 



This specimen was secured by Kirby at Namaserengo. 



Batis puella soror, Rchw. R. 1053 a. (1 M., 1 F.) 

 Resident. 



I. pale lemon-yellow; B. & L. black. Leng. 114 & lOG ; 

 W. 57 & 53 ; Tl. 39 & 37 ; Ts. 16 & 15 ; C. 12-5 & 12. 



]n the female the eyebrow is rufous and the crown, neck, 

 and upper back tinged with the same colour ; but the bands 

 on the wing are white. 



These Batis Flycatchers were often noticed in small j).:rties 

 actively searching the leaves of tall trees in open forest, 

 usually in company with other small l)irds. 



Platysteira peltata, Sund. R. 1057. (1 M., 1 F.) 

 Aug. & Nov. 



I. dark mauve, with a white ring funning an iinier circlet ; 

 B. black ; L. dark slate ; eye-wattle crimson-scarlet. Lciio-, 

 (F.) 129 ; W. 65 ; Tl. 53-54 ; C. 17 & 14. 



The male was shot by Kirby at Povarello and the fciiialc 

 by myself at Ngamwe amongst some thick bush on Ww b:iiik 

 of the river. I also saw a female feeding two voung in some 

 trees in a village midway between Villa Pereira and Rara on 

 11th November. 



