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69. Muscicapa grisola Linn. 



Muscicapa grisola Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 1308 (1896). 

 I obtained a specimen of this species on November 8, 

 1902, at Sipopo. 



70. Alseonax obscura Sjost. 



Alseonax obscura Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 207 (1901). 



Ad. S ■ Bakaki, Nov. 17, 1902. Upper mandible brown, 

 lower one pale horn-brown at tip; legs and feet brown. 



Frequents the tops of tall trees on the hills. It is more 

 plentiful in the southern portion of the island. At Moka 

 my collector obtained two male and five female specimens in 

 December. 



The range of this species includes Cameroon and Fer- 

 nando Po. 



71. Cassinia fraseri (Strickl.). 



Muscipeta fraseri Strickl. P. Z. S. 1844, p. 101 (Fernando 

 Po : type, Brit. Mus.) ; id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xv. p. 128 

 (1845) j Allen & Thomson, Narr. Exped. Niger, ii. App. 

 p. 491 (1848: Fernando Po) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 95 

 (1857). 



Butalis fraseri Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 318 (1850 : Fernando 

 Po). 



Smithomis fraseri Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 324. no. 4869 

 (1869: Fernando Po). 



Cassinia fraseri Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) iv. p. 8 (1895 : 

 Fernando Po) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 1332 (1896) ; Bocage, 

 Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 34 (1903 : Fernando Po); Salvad. Orn! 

 Golfo d. Guinea, iii. 103. 



a. Ad. ? . Sipopo, Nov. 3, 1902. ) _. 



b.Ad.J. Sipopo, Nov. 8, 1902. 1 GlZzard contai *ed 



c. Ad. <J . Badasou, Nov. 11/02. ) beetles - 



d. Ad. ? . Badasou, Nov. 11, 1902. 



e. Ad. ? . Bakaki, Nov. 16, 1902. 

 Uncommon, frequenting undergrowth of the hills. 

 These examples agree well with the type from FernaDdo 



Po in the British Museum. On the other hand, specimens 

 from Gaboon and the Congo differ in having the general 

 coloration much more reddish brown, especially on the upper 



