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breast, and with fulvous on the flanks ; the under 

 tail-covers and basal half of the lateral tail-feathers, 

 are pure white ; the outer half of the rest, and the 

 whole of the middle feathers, are deep black ; the 

 middle and the outermost pair are rather shorter 

 than the others. Bill and feet blackish. 



5. M uscicapa picata. 



Above grey ; beneath white ; wings and tail deep black ; th 

 former with a white band at the base of the quills and 

 on the margin of the tertials ; second quill not much longer 

 than the sixth. 



Inhabits Western Africa. Total length, 5 inches; 

 bill, front, ^ ; wings, 3 ; tail, beyond, 1 ; base, 

 2^ ; tarsus, g. General structure, except in the 

 wings, of M. albicollis, but the size is larger, and 

 the bill rather narrower. The front has a very 

 slender black line, and a whiter shade above it 

 The wings and covers are deep black, excepting 

 those feathers nearest the body, which are grey; 

 the white band which passes along the tertials 

 extends to the edges of some of the greater wing- 

 covers, while that which is at the base of the quills 

 does not traverse the three outermost; the upper 

 covers and the tail are deep black, the latter being 

 very slightly forked; the under parts are white, 

 tinged with grey on the breast. 



