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cross-bars to the feathers of the back, and with only the chin 

 black, whereas in C. tanganjicds the black extends over the 

 whole throat. Iris orange, bill black, feet brown. Total 

 length ca. 9"5 inches ; wing 4"1 ; tail 4-3 ; tarsus 1*4. 



Hah. Upper Congo, 2500 feet, 8th Jan., 1907. 



Obs. There is a second example of this species in the 

 British Museum. It is also a male and was collected in 

 Mambwe, immediately to the south of Lake Tanganyika, by 

 Sir Alfred Sharpe. 



MUSCICAPA BREVICAUDA, Sp. n. 



Muscicapa lugens, Shelley (uec Hartl.), Ibis, 1890, p. 158. 



Ad alt female. Very similar to M. ccerulescens (Hartl.), but 

 easily recognised by its smaller size and very much shorter tail. 

 I'rom M. lugens, which it resembles in having the chest and 

 breast darker grey, it is distinguished by possessing a white 

 band extending from the lores over the eye and white under 

 wing-coverts. Iris dark hazel ; upper mandible black, lower 

 mandible grey ; feet grey. Total length ca. 4*8 inches ; 

 wing 2"65 ; tail 1"8 ; tarsus 0'6. 



Hab. Upper Congo, 2000 feet, 21st Feb., 1907. 



Obs. A single specimen was procured by Mr. Douglas 

 Carruthers. There is a second example of this species in the 

 British Museum, which was procured at Yambuya on the 

 Aruwimi River, Upper Congo, by the late Mr. J. S. Jameson 

 and wrongly identified with M. lugens (vide supra). 



Barbatula mfumbiri, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to B. leucolcema (Verr.), 

 but larger, the chest greyish-white and the rest of the uuder- 

 parts duller and of a more greenish-yellow colour. In the 

 coloration of the underparts it closely resembles B. jacksoni, 

 Sharpe, but the rump is pale sulphur-yellow, as in B. leuco- 

 lcema, and not bright chrome-yellow. Iris dark hazel, bill 

 and feet black. Total length ca. 4*0 inches ; culmen 0*5 ; 

 wing 2'3; tail 1"13; tarsus 0'6. 



Hab. Mfumbiro Volcano, 6000 feet. North of Lake Kivu, 

 26th Nov., 1906. 



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