1881.] BIRDS FROM EASTERN AFRICA. 577 



None of Dr. Kirk's specimens has the red-wattled e5^elid of P. 

 nigricans ; hut all agree perfectly with the common Natal form, for 

 which Mr. Gurney, /. c, has proposed the name of P. layardi. 



This species ranges from Mombas southward throughout Eastern 

 Africa to Natal and Kaffraria. 



70. MUSCICAPA GRISOLA. 



Muscicapa grisola, Linn., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 300 ; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 713 ; id. Cat. B. iv. 151 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 

 1877, p. 180; id. 1879, p. 302. 



Butalis grisola, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 223 ; Fischer & Reichenow, 

 tom.*cit. p. 258. 



Pangani ; Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains. 



It ranges throughout Africa, but is migratory in its habits. 



71. Terpsiphone perspicillata. 



Terpsiphone cristata, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 304 ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, pp. 172, 175, 179, 207- 



Terpsiphone per spicillata. Swains., Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 357. 



Usambara mountains. 



This species ranges throughout South Africa to Angola on the 

 west coast, and to the Usambara country in East Africa. 



72. Terpsiphone cristata. 



Terpsiphone melanogastra, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 309 ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 278, 288, 300, 303. 



Terpsiphone ferreti, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 223; Fischer & 

 Eeichenow, tom. cit. p. 258 ; Fischer, tom. cit. p. 273 ; id. J. f. O. 

 1879, p. 277 ; Fischer & Reichenow, tom. cit. p. 345. 



Terpsiphone cristata (Gm.), Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 354. 



Lamo ; Melinda. 



This species ranges in East Africa from Kordofan to Zanzibar, in 

 which latter locality it has been collected by Dr. Fischer, and on tlie 

 west coast from Senegal to the Congo. 



73. Batis senegalensis. 



Platystira senegalensis (Linn.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 317 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 257 ; Fischer, tom. 

 cit. p. 274; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 288, 303. 



Batis senegalensis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. 173 ; id. P. Z. S. 1873, 

 p. 713; id. Cat. B. iv. p. 134. 



Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains ; Dar-es-Salaam. 



This species ranges from 16°N. lat., on the east coast, to Dar-es- 

 Salaam, and on the west coast from Senegal to the Congo. 



The Platystira senegalensis, Monteiro (P. Z. S. 1865, p. 95), 

 from Benguela, refers to Batis pririt (Vieill.). 



74. Platystira peltata. 



Platystira peltata, Sundev., Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. 160, pi. 4. 

 figs. 2, 3 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 224 ; Fischer & Reichenow, tom. 



