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and female, has the flanks white, mottled with black 

 instead of orange-rufous, the female otherwise resembling 

 that of the foregoing species. 



This bird arrives in the neighbourhood of Grahams- 

 town about the middle of October, when its sweet simple 

 call of three notes in a descending scale may be heard 

 among the mimosa bushes, which it largely affects. In 

 fact, it seems to prefer the more open mimosa scrub to 

 the kloofs. 



Its nest resembles that of the Cape Flycatcher, and 

 is generally saddled on a lichen-covered bough of a 

 mimosa, and is a most beautiful example of assimilative 

 art. Its eggs are pale green, thickly spotted with brown 

 of various shades. 



The Pririt Flycatcher (P. pririt) closely resembles the 

 White-flanked Flycatcher, the male differing in having 

 the outer tail-feathers black on the outer web, these 

 being only tipped with white ; and the female in having 

 the throat and chest suffused with pale orange-rufous. 



It ranges from Cape Town eastwards to Colesberg and 

 Grahamstown. 



A pair found breeding in January at Blue Krantz, in 

 the Albany Division, had constructed a nest much like 

 those usually built by its congeners, and laid three eggs 

 of a light blue-green, spotted all over with brown and 

 lavender, the spots being more profuse on the blunt end, 

 forming a fairly well-marked zone. 



The Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone perspicillatd) is 

 of a bright chestnut colour above, with the crested head, 

 throat and sides of neck steel-green ; under surface 

 slatey-grey, excepting the under tail-coverts, which are 

 white. The male is adorned with a long and graceful 

 tail. 



