340 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
as by the shorter and broader bill: the breast is also more uniform 
brown than that of M. grisola, which has the breast whitish with 
longitudinal brown streaks. 
Adult male.—Above ashy brown, the head obscurely mottled by 
the dark brown centres to some of the feathers of the crown: wings 
dark brown, the lesser and median wing-coverts edged with ashy- 
brown like the back, the greater series tipped with dull white: 
primary-coverts uniform dark brown: quills dark brown with narrow 
edgings of ashy-brown, the secondaries margined with dull whitish : 
tail brown, with obscure undulations, under certain lights, the feathers 
edged with lighter brown near the base: lores whitish, extending 
backwards above the eye and forming an ill-defined eyebrow : round 
the eye a ring of whitish feathers: fore-part of cheeks ashy-brown, 
mottled with whitish tips to the feathers: ear-coverts uniform ashy- 
brown: throat pure white, with slight ashy mottling on the chin, 
where the bases show through: breast and sides of body ashy- 
browr, with a slight fulvous tinge, the chest streaked with fulvous, 
the feathers being edged with the latter colour: belly and under 
tail-coverts white: thighs brown: under wing-coverts light tawny- 
buff with ashy-brown bases to the feathers: lower surface of the 
quills brown, the inner webs edged with light fulvous brown: ‘bill 
and legs black: iris brown” (7. LD. Ayres, MS.). Total length, 4°6 
inches; culmen, 0°5 ; wing, 2°55; tail, 2°05; tarsus, 0°6. 
Adult female.—Not different from the male in colour: “ bill black, 
the under mandible yellowish at base: tarsi and feet dusky: iris 
dusky hazel” (I. Barratt, MS.). Total length, 4°8 inches; wing, 
2°65; tail, 2°05; tarsus, 0°65. 
Fig. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 156. 
327. Muscicapa C@RULESCENS. Blue-grey Flycatcher. 
The two remaining species of Muscicapa which are found in South 
Africa are distinguished from M. grisola and M. wndulata by their 
blue-grey colour. They form part of a small group of Flycatchers 
peculiar to Africa, in which this blue-grey coloration is a prominent 
feature. The present bird differs from M. lugens in having a 
distinct white eyebrow and a white spot below the eyes, as well as 
by the white edgings to the inner web of the quills: in M. lugens 
this is brown. Mr. Thomas Ayres, who first brought the bird to 
the notice of ornithologists, siys that in habits it much resembled 
