542 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



82. MUSCICAPA C^RULESCENS. 



Muscicapa caerulescens (Hartl.) ; Shelley, B, Afr. i. p. 94, 

 no. 1314; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 14. 



Nyika Plateau. Two females. These two specimens agree 

 perfectly with one from Zomba, and are slightly larger than 

 any of the other specimens I have examined in the British 

 Museum. They are probably examples of the Muscicapa 

 cinereola, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 302, pi. iv. fig. 1 

 (Cat. iv. p. 154). 



83. Alseonax subadusta, sp. n. 



Alseonax adusta (nee Boie) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1896, p. 181. 



Nyika Plateau and Fort Hill on Tanganyika Flat, 4000 ft. 

 A male and female similar in size and plumage. 



Similar to A. adusta, but with the upper parts paler and 

 greyer (ashy grey) ; underparts paler; white, with the sides 

 of the throat and the crop with a pale, nearly uniform 

 ashy shade; the basal two-thirds of the lower mandible pale, 

 remainder of bill black. Total length 4' 75 inches, culmen 

 0-35, wing 2-6, tail 2, tarsus 05. 



a. Upper parts ashy brown ; sides of throat and the crop 



more streaked with ashy brown ; basal one-third 



of mandible pale A. adusta. 



b. Upper parts ashy grey ; sides of throat and the crop 



of a uniform ashy shade ; basal two-thirds of 



mandible pale A. subadusta. 



84. Platysteira peltata. 



Platysteira peltata (Sundev.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 97, 

 no. 1357; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 18, 1894, pp. 14, 469. 

 Karonga, June. An adult bird. 



85. Pachyprora dimorpha. 



Pachyprora dimorjiha, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 18; id. B. 

 Afr. i. p. 98, no. 1362. 



Nyika Plateau. A female. 



86. Pachyprora molitor. 



Pachyprora molitor (Hahn u. Kiister) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. 

 p. 98, n. 1363 ; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 18, 1894, p. 15. 



Nyika Plateau, June; Fort Hill and Kombi (Masuku 



