NO. 1411. BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO— OBERHOLSER. 909 



JIuscicapa, and by Doctor Reichenow in Alseonan\^ but it is sufE- 

 ciently different from either to have a name of its own. 



From Alst'ona,!' it may be distinguished by its much narrower, more 

 compressed bill, very similar to Dioptroruis. the culmen more arched,' 

 more curved, and the terminal portion more strong-ly ungulate; also 

 the rictal bristles are usually less well developed. The segregation of 

 |this group makes necessary a rearrangement of some of the closely 

 allied genera, and accordingly there will be found below a statement 

 of the characters that distinguish these, together with enumeration of 

 the species that appear to belong to each. 



I. Muscicapa. 



Muscicnpa Brisson, Ornith., II, 1760, p. 357 (type, MuscicajHi grisola Linn8eus= 



MotaclUa striata Pallas). 

 Butalis BoiE, Isis, 1826, p. 978 (type, Muscicapa grisola Linn8eu.s=i/oto(w7/a 



striata Pallas). 



Bill somewhat depressed, the culmen almost straight except at the 

 decurved tip; rictal bristles moderately developed; exposed culmen 

 about equal to middle toe without claw; tail about two-thirds the 

 length of wing; wing much pointed, the second primary longer than 

 thelifth; three primaries sinuate on their outer webs; spurious pri- 

 mary about equal to primary coverts. 



Typical Muscicapa as above defined becomes restricted to the follow- 

 ing forms: 



Muscicapa striata striata (Pallas). 

 Muscicapa striata newnanni (Poche). 

 ? Muscicapa finschi Bocage. 



2. Ficedula. 



Ficedula BmsHos, Ornith., Ill, 1760, p. 369 (tvpe, Motacilla ficedula Linmeus &). 

 Hedymela Sundev.\ll, Ofv. K. Vet. Ak. Forh. ytoekholm, "1846 (1847), p." 225 

 (type, Motacilla atricapilla hhuVcvn^=Motacilla ficedula Liniueus). 



Bill slighth^ parine, only a little depressed, the culmen almost 

 straight except at the decurved tip; rictal bristles weak; exposed 

 culmen decided!}" less than middle toe without claw; tail about two- 

 thirds the length of wing; wing much pointed, the second primary 

 shorter than the tifth, but longer than the sixth; three primaries sinu- 

 ate on outer webs; outermost primary barel}- if at all longer than 

 primary coverts. 



This genus, commonly merged with Muscicapa^ has been recently 

 and very justly separated b}' Doctor Sharpe under the antedated name 

 Medyrnela.'^ Its forms are: 



Ficedula ficedula ficedula ( Linnaeus ) . 



Ficedula ficedula speculigera ( Bonaparte ) . 



Ficedrda semilorqmda ( Homeyer) . 



Ficedula albicollis (Temminck) {=collaris Bechsteinf'). 



«Vogel Africas, II, 1903, pp. 452-460. 



f> Moiacilla ficechda Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., I, 1758, p. 185. This is undoubt- 

 edly the same as Motacilla atricapilla Linn;eus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., I, 1758, p. 187, 

 and as it stands first should be adopted. 



<' Hand-List Gen. and Spec. Birds, HI, 1901, p. 2i;i 



''See Oberholser, Smithson. Quart., Ill, 1905, p. 65. 



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