130 BIRDS OF DAMAEA LAND. 



Measurements of a male : 



in. lin. 



Entire length 5 11 



Length of folded wing 35 



tarsus 07 



middle toe 06 



tail 26 



bill 09 



165. Tcllitrea Viridis (Miill.). Tchitrec Flycatcher. 



Le Tchitrec, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 142. 



Tchitrea cristata, Layard's Cat. No. 273. 



Muscipeta cristata (?), Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 396. 



Terpsiphone cristata, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vb'gel Ost-Afrika's, p. 304. 



Terpsiphone viridis, Sharpe's Cat. No. 415. 



I have only observed this very pretty and elegant 

 Flycatcher in the neighbourhood of the Okavango River, 

 where, however, it is scarce ; at Lake Ngami it is less 

 uncommon. The few specimens that I have personally 

 secured were exceedingly wary and difficult to approach. 

 These birds live in pairs and frequent the forests, perch- 

 ing only on the larger trees. The males are said to be 

 very quarrelsome, and to fight with considerable ferocity 

 and tenacity. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



[Mr. Sharpe possesses a specimen of this Flycatcher, obtained 

 oy Mr. Andersson at Elephant's Vley. ED.] 



