352 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
ones also white at base externally: across the breast a conspicuous 
band of black ; centre of the body white, the sides of the breast and 
flanks grey: tibial plumes white varied with black: a tuft of 
axillary plumes under the wing white: under wing-coverts black, 
the lower ones tipped with white: edge of wing white: “ bill 
almost black : feet very dark brown, with a whitish or lead-coloured 
tint about the joints: iris greenish yellow” (Andersson). Total 
length, 5°5 inches ; culmen, 0.7; wing, 3°3; tail, 1-6; tarsus, 1°2. 
Fig. Bp. Rey. et Mag. de Zool. 1857, pl. v. 
331. STENOSTIRA SCITA. Fairy Flycatcher. 
Platysteira longipes, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 143. 
This lovely little bird was found by Le Vaillant in Kaffraria and 
Namaqua Land, about the Orange and Groote Rivers, and we found 
it ourselves very abundant in the neighbourhood of Nel’s Poort, 
frequenting mimosa thickets along the borders of the rivers. 
Victorin also procured it in the Karroo, and Mr. Ortlepp says that 
it is plentiful on the banks of the “ Sea-Cow” River. Mr. T. C. 
Atmore has also sent us a skin procured on the Orange River, and 
Prof. Wahlberg found it in the Transvaal, a skin procured by him on 
the 4th of August, 1843, being in the British Museum. 
Adult male—Above greyish, a little paler on the rump: wings 
black : the least wing-coverts greyish, like the back, with a vertical 
line of white extending the whole length of the wing, beginning 
at the outer median coverts: tail black, the outermost feather white, 
the penultimate white for its apical half, and the next one with a 
little less white towards the tip: a narrow superciliary line of white 
from the base of the forehead to the hinder ear-coverts : cheeks and 
ear-coverts black: a narrow cheek-stripe and chin white, the latter 
with a delicate blush of rose-colour: lower throat and chest 
greyish: lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, with 
a beautiful blush of rosy on the former: outer wing-coverts 
whitish: the outermost ones slightly shaded with grey : tibial plumes 
black: bill and feet black: iris black. Total length, 4°5 inches ; 
culmen, 0°5; wing, 2°25; tarsus, 0°8. 
Fig. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. pl. 154. 
340. TERPSIPHONE CRISTATA. South African Paradise Flycatcher. 
Tchitrea cristata, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 145. 
This bird has a great range in South Africa. We have received 
