546 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



38. Platystira cyanea. 



Muscicapa cyanea, P. L. S. Miill. Syst. Nat. Suppl. 1766, 

 p. 170. 



Platystira melanoptera, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. pp. 92, 272. 

 Platystira cyanea, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 145. 



a, Shonga : iris bluish grey, with very narrow silvery ring 

 round pupil ; eyelids black ; fleshy wattle vermilion ; bill 

 black ; feet dark grey. This is an adult male. 



b. ? , Shonga : iris blue-grey, with silver ring round pupil ; 

 wattles scarlet (externally only), internally parchment like; 

 bill black ; legs dark grey. 



39. Muscicapa aquatica. 



Muscicapa aquatica, Heugl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 256 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 154. 



a. ^ , Egga : iris brown. Total length 5*5 inches, culmen 

 0*55, wing 2*7, tail 22, tarsus 055. 



b. (J , Shonga. Total length 5*2 inches, culmen 0"45, wing 

 2-7, tail 2-2, tarsus 0-55. 



This species has been rarely obtained, possibly owing to 

 its close resemblance to M. grisola, from which it may be 

 most readily distinguished by the colouring of the flanks, 

 crop, and sides of the neck being duller and of a more ashy 

 shade, with no rufous tint, and no inclination in the colour 

 to form stripes ; the under tail-coverts are pale ashy brown, 

 not white. The upper parts are duller, slightly darker, and 

 more ashy, and the crown nearly uniform ; the wings are 

 more uniform, the pale edges to the wing-coverts and secon- 

 daries being almost obsolete. 



40. Hyliota flavigastra. 



Hyliota flavigastra, Swains. 1837, Class. B. ii. p. 263; id. 

 B. W. Afr. ii. p. 47; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 97; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 248. 



a. ^ adult, Loko, 30th August : iris brown ; bill bluish 

 grey ; upper mandible blackish ; legs grey, b, immature, 

 Loko. 



41. Terpsiphone crista ta. 



Muscicapa cristata, Gm. S. N. 1788, p. 938. 



