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Mus. R. B. S.—a, b, $ $ . S. Africa (E. L. Layard) . c,d,6 , 

 e, $ . Knysna, Dec. 19, 1865, and Jan. 31st, 1866 (C. /. An- 

 dersson). f,s. Swellendam (Cairncross) . #, $ . Grahams 

 Town (E. L. Layard) . h,i,6 2. Grahams Town, Jan. 1870 

 (T. C. Atmore). 



2. Batis senegalensis. 



Le Gobe-mouche a, poitrine rousse du Senegal, Briss. Om. ii. 

 p. 374, pi. xxxvii. fig. 2 (1760) ; Buff. Pl,Enl. v. pi. 567. fig. 1 

 (1788) = $ . 



Le Gobe-mouche a poitrine noire du Senegal, Briss. Orn. ii. 

 p. 375, pi. xxxviii. fig. 3 (1760) ; Buff. PI. Enl. v. pi. 567. 

 fig. 2 (1788) = 6. 



Muscicapa senegalensis, Linn. S. N. i. p. 327 (1766, ex 

 Briss. c? , ? ) . 



Le Gobe-mouche a bandeau blanc du Senegal, Buff. Hist. 

 Nat. Ois. p. 528,6" $ (1788). 



Senegal Flycatcher, cum var. A., Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 1, 

 pp. 328, 329 (1783). 



Platyrhynchos velatus, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 835 

 (1823). 



Muscylvia senegalensis, Less. CompL Buff. viii. p. 386 (1837). 



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



Platystira senegalensis, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 93 (1857) ; 

 Gray, Hand-1. i. p. 329 (1869) ; Heugl. Orn. N. O. Afr. i. 

 p. 447 (1870) ; Einsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 317 (1870) ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 480; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 43 (1871). 



Adult male. Crown of the head and nape dusky greyish 

 black ; forehead and eyebrow white, produced backwards so as 

 to form a border to the crown, and joining on the nape, form- 

 ing a conspicuous white nuchal spot ; lores and sides of the 

 face, including the eye and the ear-coverts, glossy black, ex- 

 tending down each side of the neck to the limits of the white 

 nuchal patch ; back greyish, with the slightest tinge of ashy 

 brown on the interscapular region, the white bases to the 

 scapulars and rump showing through and producing a slightly 

 mottled appearance ; upper tail-coverts glossy black ; wing- 

 coverts black, the median and inner greater ones broadly tipped 



