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Antinori {J,oc. cit). It is by no means clear, however, that 

 they are due to age alone. I have seen specimens in all 

 stages, precisely as with the Indian species, but pure 

 white and black birds are very rare. I never saw but 

 one in Abyssinia, and that I was unable to secure. 



The Abyssiuian Paradise Flycatcher is most common in 

 the subtropical region, but is also found in warm valleys 

 on the highlands, up to about 7,000 feet, and it is 

 occasionally seen almost at the sea-level. 



I find that Dr. Finsch has united the Abyssinian species 

 to that described by Swaiuson from Senegal. I had pre- 

 viously suspected that the two were identical, the only 

 difference I could detect being the darker or paler colour 

 of the abdomen, whicli, probably hke the various distri- 

 bution of the chestnut, black, and white colours, and 

 especially the replacement of chestnut by white in the 

 long taO. feathers insisted on by Guerin-MenevUle, is a 

 distinction due to age. 



94. Platysteira pririt (Vieill.). 



Muscicapa pririt, VieilL Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxi. p. 486. 



Iris golden yellow. 



The male has a black breast, female chestnut; they 

 were constantly seen and shot in pairs. Dr. Finsch con- 

 siders that there are two distinct species, P. senegalensis 

 and P. pririt, Vieill. in Mr. Jesse's collection. In this 

 case I probably have them also, but not in England. 

 I found this Flycatcher from just above the level of the 

 coast plains to the highland.' It was most common about 

 Mayen, in .the Senafe pass, and in the Anseba valley, at 

 elevations of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet. 



