334 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
white: cheeks and entire throat and fore neck greyish white, 
broadly streaked with black: rest of under surface of body white, 
the sides of the body grey: vent and under tail-coverts tawny 
chestnut: thighs greyish white slightly washed with rufous: under 
wing-coverts white, as also the edge of the wing, the bases to the 
feathers black: lower surface of quills ashy grey with white margins 
to the inner webs: “bill black: feet black: iris white” (Buckley) : 
“iris bluish white” (7. C. Atmore): “iris yellowish white” (Anders- 
son). Total length, 5°6 inches; culmen, 0°45; wing, 2°75; tail, 
2°75; tarsus, 0°85. 
Adult female——Similar to the male, but rather duller grey, and 
less broadly streaked with black on the throat. Total length, 5°6 
inches ; wing, 2°65; tail, 2°65 ; tarsus, 0°85. 
Fig. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 126. 
319. ParisoMA LAYARDI. Layard’s Flycatcher. 
This species closely resembles P. subcewrulewm, but differs in 
never having the rufous under tail-coverts. From the fact of Mr. 
T. C. Atmore haying procured a female of the present bird at 
Colesberg anda male of P. subewrulewm, we were inclined to think 
that they might be sexes of one species, but we now believe that 
this view is erroneous, and the best evidence we have of their being 
distinct is found in Mr. Andersson’s book, where he treats of them 
separately. In the British Museum are several specimens obtained by 
this excellent collector, and we find both males and females with rufous 
as well as with white vents and under tail-coverts. The MS. names 
on his labels also show that they were in his mind totally separate. 
We procured this species at Nel’s Poort about the mountains: in its 
habits it resembled P. subceruleum, for which we at first mistook it. 
It is difficult to shoot, as it creeps about dense bushes, and on being 
hunted, conceals itself in the thickest parts and remains perfectly 
still. My friend, Mr. Henry Jackson, calls it the ‘‘ Mocking Bird,” 
from its habits of imitation, and informs me that it makes a cup- 
shaped nest in a bush, and lays three eggs, which are pure white, 
blotched chiefly at the obtuse end with greenish-brown and faded 
purple spots: axis, 9’’’; diam., 7”. 
We have received it from Mr. Russouw, who obtained it in 
Swartland, in the Malmesbury division. Mr. Andersson writes :— 
“This species greatly resembles \P. subceeruleum in its habits, but is 
