64 NEAVE, Collection of Birds front N.E. Rhodesia. 



Myrtnecocichla nigra (Vieill.) ; Reichen, "Vog. Afrikas," vol. 3.,. 

 p. 706. 



237. £ ad. Ulungu Mountain, West Loangwa. June 

 13, 1905. 



238. ? ad. Ulungu Mountain, West Loangwa. June 

 13, 1905. 



457. $ ad. Bank of Kafue. Oct. 21, 1905. 

 464. juv. Bank of Kafue. Oct. 23, 1905. 



Prefers a somewhat open type of country at 3,000 feet 

 or over, with scattered but large timber. Has curious 

 creeping habits on tree trunks, now and then behaving 

 like a fly-catcher. 



137. Pratincola torquata. 



Muscicapa torquata, Linn., " Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 328; (1766: 



Cape of Good Hope). 

 Pratincola torquata, Sharpe, " Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 4, p. 190 \ 

 Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 274; Shelley, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 554 (Kasungu and Zomba) ; W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. 

 Africa, Birds," vol. 2, p. 190; Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," 

 vol. 3, p. 73 2 - 

 170. <£. Mbala Country. May 7, 1905. 

 510. $. On the road to Chiwali's, Alala Plateau. 

 Nov. 16, 1905. 



Bill, black (170) or horn-brown (510); iris, brown; 

 feet, black. 



Seen occasionally in long grass in the more open 

 country. Native name, " Niamchenchi." 



138. Saxicola falkensteini. 



Saxicola falkensteini, Cab., Journ. f. Ornith., 1875, p. 235 

 (Loango) ; Sharpe, " Handl. B.," vol. 4, p. 175; W. L. 

 Sclater, ''Fauna S. Africa, Birds," vol. 2, p. 202. 



Saxicola gait oni, Bocage (nee Strickl.), "Orn. Angola," p. 271. 



