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Parus niger. He found a family of them seven or eight in number, 
and they were hunting about some low bushes evidently in search of 
insects. In the British Museum is a specimen of M. cerulescens 
procured by the late Mr. Andersson at Ombongo, Damara Land, on 
the 22nd of June, 1859. It is probably this bird to which he refers 
under the heading of M. grisola (B. Dam. Ld. p. 129), as follows :— 
“This species is common in Damara and Great Namaqua Land, and 
is found there throughout the year, either singly or in pairs, perching 
on some low branch of a tree, whence it makes short and rapid 
excursions in pursuit of such winged insects as may chance to pass 
within view, frequently returning to the same post of observation, 
and uttering at intervals a kind of chirping call.” 
Adult male.—General colour above dull blue-grey, the forehead 
and crown obscurely streaked with dark brown down the centre of 
the feathers: wing-coverts grey like the back: quills dark brown, 
externally edged with grey inclining to white on the extreme edge 
of the primaries, and more distinct on the secondaries which are 
otherwise entirely grey: tail ashy-brown, with a very slight edging 
of white at the tip: from the base of the bill a line of buffy white 
extending above the fore-part of the eye: in front of the latter a 
blackish spot: above and below the eye a spot of white forming a 
tolerably distinct superciliary mark, the spot below the eye larger 
and better defined: ear-coverts dull grey with indistinct whitish 
shaft-lines : cheeks greyish, slightly mottled with whitish tips to the 
feathers : under surface of body dull grey, the throat and centre of 
the abdomen purer white: under tail-coverts ashy with whitish tips : 
thighs greyish externally, dull white internally : under wing-coverts 
ashy whitish: quills below dark brown, the inner webs whitish 
towards their base: bill and feet black: iris dark brown. Total 
length, 5°3 inches; culmen, 0°55; wing, 2°95; tail, 2:45; tarsus, 
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828. MuscicarA LUGENS. Angola Grey Flycatcher. 
Dr. Hartlaub,who described this species in the “ Proceedings” of the 
Zoological Society for 1860 (p. 110), from a specimen obtained by 
Mr. Monteiro in Angola, mentions that he had also examined a 
second one from the interior of South Africa in the Stuttgardt 
Museum. The following description is taken from the typical speci- 
men in the British Museum. 
