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-washed with rufous ; lesser, median, and greater wing- 
coverts externally edged and tipped with rufous fawn ; quills 
and secondaries externally edged with the same, the latter 
tipped with fulvous ; under surface light ashy brown, 
whitish on chin, throat, and abdomen ; flanks and under tail- 
coverts washed with rufous fawn ; tail-feathers brown, tipped 
with tawny buff; under wing-coverts and inner linings to 
quills tawny. ( ? , Kintampo, 30/11/00.) 
Adult male (25/4/01, Gambaga). Upper parts uniform 
pale brown ; the rufous edgings to the wing-coverts and 
quills have almost disappeared, leaving hoary whitish margins; 
lores and ring round each eye dull white ; under parts white, 
washed with pale ashy brown on the fore-neck, chest, and 
flanks ; under wing-coverts and inner edges of quills. pale 
fawn-coloured ; under tail-coverts white ; tail-feathers brown, 
edged with pale brown. Total length (in flesh) 6*5 inches, 
wing 3'28, culmen 0*6, tail 3*2. 
This species is widely distributed over the open country 
and is migratory in its habits. 
154. MusciCAPA GRisoLA Linn. 
Muscicapa grisola Linn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 151; 
Reichen. J. f. 0. 1897, p. 26 (Togoland). 
Two adult males were obtained at Kwissaon October 16th, 
1900. 
155. Muscicapa CiERULESCENs Hartl. 
Muscicapa ccerulescens Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 154 ; Reichen. 
J. f. 0. 1897, p. 26 (Togoland). 
Muscicapa cinerascens Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 94. 
Krachi, $ ad. Iris hazel ; bill horn-brown, base of lower 
mandible light yellowish ; legs and feet brown. 
Our example agrees well with specimens from South 
Africa in the British Museum. 
The type of the subspecies, M. cinerascens, is in worn 
plumage, as is also a typical specimen from Abouri (ad. $ , 
Feb. 21, 1872, Shelley Mus.). An example of M. ccsru- 
lescens in the British Museum from Bibalia, Angola (ad. $ , 
Feb. 1868, Anchieta), is in worn plumage, and in this 
