Genus Platystira and its Allies. 161 



a". With a broad white eyebrow encircling 

 the head. 



a'". Head black 2. seneyalensis, 



b'". Head bluish grey 3. orientalis. 



b". With a little white line from base of bill i 4. molitor. 



to above the eye, not encircling the head. . 1 5. pririt. 



b'. With no white nuchal spot 6. minima. 



Females : — 



a. Flanks rufous 1. capensis. 



b. Flanks white varied with black. 



a'. With a white nuchal spot. 



a". Throat white, with no spot ; chest rufous. 



a'". Head black 2. senegalensis. 



b'". Head bluish grey 3. orientalis. 



b". Throat rufous in the centre, forming a spot: 



chest rufous .' 4. molitor. 



c". Throat and breast uniform orange-rufous 5. pririt. 

 b'. With no white nuchal spot 6. minima. 



1. Batis capensis. 



Le Gobe-mouche du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Briss. Oru. 

 ii. p. 372, pi. xxxvi. fig. 3 (1760) ; Buff. PI. Enl. v. pi. 572. 

 fig. 1 (1778). 



Muscicapa capensis, Linn. S.N. i. p. 327 (1766, ex Briss.). 



Le Molenar, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv. pi. 160 (1805). 



Muscicapa pristinaria, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi. 

 p. 474 (1818, ex Levaill.). 



Saxicola thoracica, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 32 (1823). 



Muscipeta pristinaria, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 385 (1831) ; 

 Boie, Isis, 1833, p. 880. 



Platysteir a pristinaria, Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 256 (1846); 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. 322 (1850) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 143 (1867). 



Platysteira capensis, Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 257 (1846) ; Bp. 

 Consp. i. p. 322 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 59 (1850) ; 

 Grill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 26 (1858) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 329 

 (1869) ; Finsch& Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 316 (1870) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Afr. B. p. 44 (1871). 



Platystira thoracica, Licht. Nomencl. p. 20 (1854). 



Platystira strepitans, Liclit. ut supra. 



Adult male. Entire head deep ashy grey, with a black line 

 drawn from the forehead on each side, enclosing the eye and 



