148 BIRBS OP SOUTH AFRICA. 



short ; the second rather shorter than the third and fourth, 

 which are equal and longest ; tail moderate and even ; tarsi 

 nearly the length of the middle toe, and covered in front; 

 toes short, the lateral ones nearly equal, the inner the 

 shortest, the hind toe long ; the claws long, curved, and acute. 



281. MuSCicapa GriSOla, Linn. ; Hartl. Om. W. 



Af., p. 97 ; PL Enl. 565, f. 1 ; Gould's B. of Eur., PL 



65 ; Swains., Nat. Lib., Yol. 12, p. 52. 



ABOVE grey, below whitish ; the breast and sides of the neck 

 striped with dusky lines. Length, 5" 6"' ; wing, 3" 5'" ; tail, 

 2" 5'". 



The common European fly-catcher has been brought from Damara- 

 land by Mr. Andersson in some abundance. I have never seen it from 

 within the limits which I have laid down for my catalogue ; but Hart- 

 laub cites it, on M. Verreaux's authority, as from " the Cape," and 

 Swainson (loc. cit.) alludes to it as from South Africa. 



282. Muscicapa Coerulescens ; Butalia 



lescens, Hart, Ibis Vol. 1865, p. 267. 

 GENERAL colour, ashy ; below paler ; throat white ; tail 

 blackish ; wing-feathers the same, margined with ashy. 

 Length, 5" ; wing, 2" 9'" ; tail, 2" 5'". 



Found in Natal by Mr. Ayres (Ibis loc. cit.) ; but does not extend 

 into the Capo Colony. 



283. MuSCicapa FuSCUla, Sundev. ; Muscicapa 

 Undulata, Vieil. ; Butalis Adusta, Boie. ; Alseonax 

 Undulata, Cab.; L'OduM, Le Vail., PL 156. 



ABOVE, ash-coloured -; the head faintly spotted with the same, 

 but darker ; sides of wing and tail feathers lightish ; chin 

 and eyebrow whitish, with a rufous tinge ; throat and belly 

 white ; chest and flank ashy. Length, 4" 9'" ; wing, 2" 8'" ; 

 tail, 2" 4'". 



Procured at Blanco by Mr. W. Atmore. Stated by Le Vaillant to 

 be very common in Outeniqualand and Natal, and to construct their 

 nests in tke forks of branches, near to the trunks of the tree, of blades 

 of grass and hair. Eggs, five ; and reddish-grey. 



284. MuSCicapa Stellata, VielL ; Pogonotichla 

 Stellata -, ie Gobe Mouche Etoile, Le Vail., PL 157; 

 Pog. Margaritata, Sund. 



HEAD, dull bluish-black, with a whke spot in front of the 

 eye ; back yellowish-green ; wings bluish-black ; the outer 



