386 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



male. We found it in the vicinity of the Peak, and it was 

 also observed by my collector in the southern portion of the 

 island. It is by no means common, and frequents the under- 

 growth, flitting from shrub to shrub, the male from time 

 to time emitting a weak croaking note. 



74. Diaphorophyia castanea (Fraser). 



Platystira castanea Fraser, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 141 (Clarence, 

 Fernando Po : type, Brit. Mus.) ; id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. xii. p. 131 (1813) ; id. Zool. Typ. pi. xxxiv. fig. 2, ? 

 (1849). 



Platystira leucopygialis Fraser, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 141 

 (Clarence, Fernando Po) ; id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xii. 

 p. 131 (1813) ; Allen & Thomson, Narr. Exped. Niger, ii. 

 App. p. 499 (1818: Fernando Po) ; Fraser, Zool. Typ. 

 pi. xxxiv. fig. 1, S (1849) ; Hartl. Orn. VV.-Afr. p. 95 (1857 : 

 Fernando Po). 



Diaphorophyia leucopygialis Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. 

 p. 33 (Fernando Po) ; Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. 

 p. 101. 



Diaphorophyia castanea Shelley, B. At'r. i. no. 1352 

 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 215 (1901). 



We obtained a good series of this Flycatcher, which is 

 common in the low country. The males were generally 

 observed together, frequenting the woods and making their 

 presence known by their ventriloquial notes, which resemble 

 the croaking of a bull-frog. 



Adult. Iris reddish brown ; eye- wattle dirty claret-red ; 

 legs and feet pale lilac. 



75. Batis poensis. 



Batis poensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 34 (1903) ; 

 Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 39 (1903) ; Salvad. Orn. Golfo 

 d. Guinea, iii. p. 102. 



Adult male. Similar to B. minulla, but differs in having 

 the entire crown black and the pectoral band much narrower ; 

 iris lemon-coloured. Total length 3*6 inches, culmen 0*4, 

 wing2'2, tail T4, tarsus 0"5. (Type. Bakaki, Nov. 14, 

 1902.) 



