collected in Eaat Africa. 301 



identical. They are also the Muscicapa johnstoni of Shelley, 

 which name becomes a synonym of D. fischeri. 



150. Platystira jacksoni. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 

 Platystiru jacksoni, Sharpe^ Ibis, 1891, p. 445. 



No. 85. ? ad. Sotik, Oct. 7, 1889.— Irides brown ; sliield 

 above the eye bright orange-red ; legs slate-colour. 



This interesting new species resembles Platystira cyanea, 

 but is easily distinguished by the entire absence of white on 

 the wings. I add a detailed description of the type : — 



Adult male. General colour above glossy blue-black ; sca- 

 pulars like the back, with concealed greyish white bases; 

 lower back and rumj) ashy grey, washed with blue-black, 

 with concealed greyisli-white bases to the feathers on the 

 sides of the rump ; upper tail-coverts blue-black ; lesser and 

 median coverts like the back ; greater coverts black, edged 

 with blue-black ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 black, with blue-black edges to the inner secondaries ; tail- 

 feathers black, glossed and edged with blue-black like tlie 

 back ; head and sides of face and sides of neck exactly like 

 the back ; cheeks and under surface of body white, with a 

 blue-black band across the chest, the sides of the body ashy 

 grey ; thighs black. Total length 5'3 inches, culmen 0'G5, 

 wing 2'7, tail 2"05, tarsus 075. 



From P. peltata, which the new species resembles in the 

 absence of white on the Avings, P. jacksoni may be easily dis- 

 tinguished by the indigo-blue (instead of green) shade of the 

 upper parts. 



151. Pachipkora orientalis. 



"^Platystira senegaltnsis (nee L.), Fischer, Zeitschr. i. 

 p. 352 (1884; Pangani). 



? Balis senegalensis, Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 129 (Zanzi- 

 bar : Bagamoyo ; Mombasa : Malindi) . 



Batis orientalis, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 125 

 (1881; Shoa), vi. p. 236 (1888). 



Pachyprora orientalis, Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 298 (Manda 

 Island). 

 No. 11. Ukambani. 



