1918.] the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 705 



Muscicapa parva. 



Muscicapa parva Bechst. ; Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun, 

 p. 485. 



Mr. Butler mentious that, while fishing one day in a 

 stream near Chak Chak in the Bahr el Ghazal, a Red- 

 breasted Flycatcher settled on a stone within a few feet of 

 him. It was in all probability this species, whose winter 

 quarters are at present hardly known. 



Hyliota flavigastra flavigastra. 



Hyliota flavigastra Swainson, Birds W. Africa, ii. 1837, 

 p. 47 : Senegal ; Reichw. V. A. ii. p. 473 ; Butler, Ibis, 

 1908, p. 236. 



[B. coll.] 1 Moyen, I Katta Jan., 1 Pongo R. Mch. B.G. ; 



1 Kajo Kaji Apl. L.E. 

 [Chr. coll.] 2 Mt. Baginzi Mch., 1 Wau, B.G. 

 These specimens appear to be identical with the typical 

 race from West Africa. 



Parisoma plumbeum. 



Stenostira plumbea Harllaub, J. f. O. 1858, p. 41 : Casa- 

 manze river, Senegal. 



Parisoma plumbeum (Hartl.) ; Reichenow, V. A. iii. 

 p. 521. 



[B. coll.] 2 Chak Chak Feb., 1 Katta Jan. B.G. ; 1 Abab, 

 1 Shambe Mch. Mon. ; 1 Rejaf Feb. L.E. 



[Chr. coll.] Mt. Baginzi Mch. B.G. 



This species has a wide distribution from Senegal and 

 the upper White Nile south to the Transvaal. One race, 

 P. p. orientate, is recognized by Reichenow from Brit. E. 

 Africa, and, though we do not find that the distinctions in 

 regard to the white on the tail mentioned by Reichenow are 

 of great value, the birds from Uganda and farther south are 

 Certainly rather a deeper bluish grey than those of our series 

 and from southern Abyssinia. The Sudan birds at any rate 

 are identical with the typical race, the type of which is in 

 the British Museum. 



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