332 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
in Damara Land proper, and in Great Namaqua Land I have never 
observed it. It is generally found in pairs, searching amongst the 
larger trees for insects and their larva: it also feeds on seeds.” 
Senor Anchieta has obtained it at Capangombe and Biballa in Mos- 
samedes; its native names being ‘ Kacelekete’ and ‘ Kiriruamba.’ 
He also met with it at Humbe on the Cunene River, where it is 
called by the natives ‘ Conjungo-bala.’ 
The present bird is closely allied to P. leucopterus of Western and 
North-eastern Africa, but differs in haying the outer web of the 
external tail-feather white. 
Adult male-—Above and below glossy blue-black, rather duller 
on the abdomen and under tail-coverts, the latter being margined 
with white: wing-coverts white, forming a distinct shoulder-patch, 
the bases to the feathers being black, the greater coverts glossy 
black with broad white edgings and tips, the primary-coyerts less 
narrowly edged. with white: quills black, externally edged with 
white, the edging being continued to the tip of the secondaries: tail 
black, with narrow tips of white, the outermost feather white on the 
outer web: under wing-coverts white as also are the inner webs of 
the quills: “ bill black: feet lead-coloured : iris dark hazel.” (7. EL. 
Buckley). Total length, 5-8 inches; culmen, 0°45; wing, 8°15; tail, 
2°75; tarsus, 0°8. 
Adult female.—Differs from the male in being less glossy-black, 
especially on the under surface, which is dark leaden grey: the 
white edgings to the wing-coverts and quills are also much 
narrower. 
Fig. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 37, fig. 2. 
Fam. MUSCICAPIDZA. 
318. ParisoMA SUBCHRULEUM. ' Red-vented Flycatcher. 
Parisoma rufiventer, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 115. 
Le Vaillant states that this bird is very common on the banks of 
the “Gouritz” and “ Brak” Rivers, dwelling among the mimosas 
in small flocks, and incessantly traversing the branches in their 
search after insects, and the eggs and larve of Lepidoptera, which 
form their principal food. We have received specimens from the 
Cedar Mountains, in Clanwilliam, and from the neighbourhood of 
“ Riebeeks Kasteel,” in Malmesbury, through the kindness of Mr. 
