300 Dr. K. Bowdler Sliarpo on Birds 



Fam. Mus( icAPiuyE. 



1 18. Alskonax murina. 



Aheonax minima (ucc Ilcugl.), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1885, 

 p. 2.25 (Kilimanjaro). 



Alseonax murina, Fisolicr & Reiclienow, J. f. O. 1881-, 

 p. 5 l (Maeru Mts.) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 35 1 

 (188 L; Great Aruselia). 

 No. 20. Sex ? Sotik, Aug. 24, 1889. 



No. 87. S- Sotik, Oct. 7, 1889. — Legs slate-colour; iris 

 brown. 



Compared with the type in the Berlin Museum and 

 idrntified for me by Dr. Keicheuow. I find on examining the 

 specimens that they are identical to all appearance with the 

 brown Flycatcher of Kilimanjaro, of which two very poorly 

 prepared skins were sent to the ]\rnseum by Mr. H. H.John- 

 ston. On looking over Hcuglin's description of his A. minima 

 I have come to the conclusion that Capt. Shelley was mis- 

 taken in regarding the Kilimanjaro birds as A. minima of 

 Heuglin, for the latter is described as " supr;\ griseo-fus- 

 ceseens," and the under wing-coverts as shaded with the 

 same colour as the back. In A. murina the upper surface is 

 dark chocolate-broAvn, and the under wing-coverts are tawny 

 butf. 



149. DlOPTRORNIS FISCIIKRI. 



Dioptrornis fischeri, Fischer & Eei(;hcu. J. f. O. 1881, p. 53 

 (Maeru Mts.) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 355 (Great 

 Aruscha) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 1.28 (Naiwascha). 



Muscicapa johnstoni , Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 555 (Kilima- 

 njaro). 



No. 10. S' Sotik, Oct. 5, 1889. 

 No. 38. S • Sotik, Sept. 4, 1889. — Bill horn-blue at base, 



black at tip; feet black; iris brown. 



No. 240. Save, Mt. Elgon, 6000 feet, Feb. 8, 1890.— Bill 



horn-blue, the lower mandible lighter; feet black; iris 



brown. Common. 



These specimens have been compared by Dr. Reichenow and 



myself with the types of Dioptrornis ji)icheri and found to be 



