130 BIRDS OF DAMABA LAND. 



Measurements of a male : — 



165. Tchitrea viridis (Miill.). Tchitrec Flycatoher. 



Le Tchitrec, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 142. 



Tchitrea cristate/, Layard's Cat. No. 273. 



Miiscipeta cristata (?), Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 396. 



Tcrpaiphone cristata, Finsch & Ilartlaub's ^'ogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 304. 



Terpsiphone viridis, Sharpe's Cat. No. 415. 



I have only observed this very pretty and elegant 

 Flycatcher in the neighbourhood of the Okavango Eiver, 

 where, however, it is scarce ; at Lake Ngami it is less 

 uncommon. The few specimens that I have personally 

 secured were exceedingly wary and difficult to approach. 

 These birds live in pairs and frequent the forests, perch- 

 ing only on the larger trees. The males are said to be 

 very quarrelsome, and to fight with considerable ferocity 

 and tenacity. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



Female, 

 in. lin. 



7 3 



.... 3 3 



8 



.... 4 



.... 3 7 



.... 10 



[Mr. Sharpe possesses a specimen of this Flycatcherj obtained 

 oy Mr. Andersson at Elephant's Vley. — Ed. J 



