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From B. sylvaticus, Sundev., from South Africa, which it 

 also resembles, it may be distinguished by having the 

 under tail-coverts uniform pale brownish-buff; in B. syl- 

 vaticus the under tail-coverts are pale brown, distinctly tipped 

 with yellowish-white. B. sylvaticus likewise differs in 

 possessing twelve tail-feathers. 



Total length ca. 5*5 inches; wing2°3; tail2'25; tarsus 0*95. 



Hab. Peak of Cameroon, 7000 ft., 5th April, 1909. 



Four examples of this Warbler were procured, including 

 two immature birds. 



On behalf of Mr. D. A. Bannerman, Mr. Ogilvie-Grant 

 exhibited examples of a new species of Flycatcher which had 

 been procured in the Waghar Mountains, North Somaliland, 

 by Mr. G. W. Bury. Mr. Bannerman described it as 

 follows : — 



MlJSCICAPA SOMALIENSIS, Sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Very closely allied to M. grisola, L., 

 but differs from that species in the following points : — The 

 entire upperparts are brown, the forehead and crown being 

 uniform and similar in colour to the back, not streaked with 

 dark brown as in M. grisola ; the lores and feathers in front 

 of the eye white ; the cheeks uniform pale brown ; the throat 

 white ; the chest indistinctly streaked with brown (not boldly 

 striated as in M. grisola) ; and the rest of the under surface 

 white. Iris dark brown ; upper mandible purplish-brown, 

 lower mandible pale purple ; legs, feet, and toes greyish- 

 brown. 



Total length (average measurement of 12 specimens) 

 5 inches ; bill (from the base of the skull to the tip) 06 ; 

 wing 2'9 ; tail 25 ; tarsus 0*68. 

 Muscicapa grisola. 



Total length ... . 5*4 inches. 



Culmen 0'55 „ 



Wing 3-4 „ 



Tail 2-45 „ 



Tarsus 06 „ 



Muscicapa somaliensis. 

 Total length .... 5 inches. 



Culmen 0-6 „ 



Wing 2-9 „ 



Tail 2-5 „ 



Tarsus 0-68 „ 



Hab. Waghar Mountains, N. Somaliland. 



