W. E. OGILVIE-GEANT— AYES. 399 



d. d. 

 a-d. 6 S . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 18th-20th Sept. [Nos. 545, 546. 



JR. K D. ; 3577, 3578. R. B. W.l, 



e,f. d ? . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 21st & 23rd July. [Nos. 493. 

 R. E. B. ; 1731. I). (7.] 



Iris plum-colour or mauve, wattle round the eye dark mauve; bill black; feet 

 mauve. 



Mr. Bates has published some interesting notes on the habits of this species {cf. ' Ibis,' 

 1905, p. 94). 



[A few examples of Fraser's Spectacled Flycatcher were seen in the Mpanga and 

 Eturi Forests, but they were rather uncommon. They frequented the undergrowth 

 and were never seen high up in the trees. — R. B. H''.] 



DiAPHOROPHTiA JAMESONi Sharpe. 



Dlaphorophyia jamesoni Reich. Vog. A£r. ii. p. 493 (1903). 



a-g. d 2 et c? imm. Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 15th-23rd Sept. 

 d. d. 



[Nos. 518, 540, 555. R. E. D.; 3572, 3573, 3579, 3580. R. B. W.] 



h, i. 6 . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 20th & 24th July. [Nos. 1728, 

 1753. D. C] 



Iris dark brown ; eyelid turquoise-blue ; bill black ; feet mauve. 



The female has the crown and the upperparts greyer than in the male, and with 

 less oil-green gloss. 



Quite young males have the upperparts like those of the female, but with even less 

 greenish gloss. The chin, throat, and upper chest are chestnut, darker on the sides, 

 and bordered posteriorly with a blackish band, and a few deep green feathers of the 

 adult plumage are mingled with the chestnut feathers of the throat. 



[Jameson's Spectacled Flycatcher was met with throughout the journey through the 

 Congo Forest from Irumu to Basoko. It was also found in the Mpanga Forest east 

 of Ruwenzori. It inhabits the darkest parts of the forest, where it usually frequents 

 the tall undergrowth and is never seen high up in the trees. — R. B. W.^ 



Platystira ctanea (P. L. S. Miiller). 



Platysteira cyanea E-eich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 488 (1903) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 449 [Cameroon], 

 Platystira albifrons Sharpe, Ibis, 1873, p. 159 [River Loge]. . 

 Platysteira cyanea albifrons Reich, t. c. p. 489. 

 Platysteira cyanea nyanso! Neumann, J. f. O. 1905, p. 210. 



a. ? , Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 29th April. [No. 3293. R. B. W.] 

 b,c.d2. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 2nd & 22nd May. [Nos. 383. R. E. I).; 

 1479. D. C] 



