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covered by the frontal plumes ; but as the typical Parisoma has the nostrils 
exposed, I propose for Parisoma plumbeum Hartlaub the generic name of 
Myioparus, characterised also by its smaller size, more slender legs and j- 
feet, and by so doing remove the group from its association with the Tits. 
I may mention that I have found both Parisoma layardi and P. suhcaeru- 
leum at Lamberts Bay, so that the colour difference of the under tail- 
coverts and markings on the throat may have to be regarded as sufficient 
for subgeneric differentiation. 
The Black and White Flycatcher is recognised in generic status as 
Sigelus, the Black Flycatcher as Melaenornis, and there seems therefore 
no reason why the Large Brown Flycatcher should be retained in the same 
genus as the smaller species, and I therefore place it in a new genus under 
the name of Haganopsornis, type Bradornis infuscatus A. Smith, retaining ^ 
the name of Bradornis for mariquensis and the northern species murinus 
and griseus. 
Haagner’s new genus and species, Sheppardia gunningi (/. S. African 
Orn. Un. v. 63, 1910), is doubtfully distinct from Callene aequatorialis 
Jackson {Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. xvi. 46, 1905) from Nyasaland; but the 
generic name may perhaps be utilised when the genus Callene, as at present 
constituted, is more carefully organised, a matter which I cannot under- 
take in the absence of material for comparison. Until further comparison 
is made, therefore, the name should stand as Callene aequatorialis gunningi 
(Haagner) . 
With regard to species, Muscicapa grisola L. must give way to M. striata 
Vroeg (cf. B.O.U. List of British Birds, p. 371, 1915). Ogilvie-Grant {Ihis, 
1913, pp. 636-637) has described three new subspecies of Bradornis, two 
of which occur within our limits, namely, B. infuscatus seimundi from the 
Central Cape Province to the Western Transvaal, and B. i. henguellensis 
from Benguella and Damaraland. Cichlomyia caerulescens pondoensis Gun- 
ning and Roberts (Ann. Transvaal Mus. iii. 114, 1911) should be added to 
our list. Batis sheppardi Haagner (Ann. Transvaal Mus. i. 179, 1909) is 
apparently a synonym of B. fratrum Shelley (cf. idem, iv. 171, 1914). 
Stenostira scita (Vieillot) is undoubtedly a Flycatcher, though its associa- 
tion is obscure. In October, 1917, I discovered a nest of S. scita in the 
van Rhynsdorp District, Cape Province, containing two eggs; the nest was 
a very cosy, cup-shaped structure, composed of soft wool of the Red Hare 
and Sheep internally and externally of strips of decomposing grass and 
thin bark, stuck together with cobwebs and plant fibres, 42 mm. deep and 
32 mm. across the inside, 55 mm. in height and 60 mm. across the outside, 
and was placed on the thick horizontal stem of a Chrysophyllum tree about 
two feet from the ground ; the eggs are creamy coloured, with a faint tinge 
of green, very minutely speckled, and measure 15-1 x ii-6 mm. 
Campephagidae 
According to Sclater (Shelley’s Birds of Africa, v. 205, 1912) the earliest 
name available for the South African species of Campephaga is C. flava 
(Vieillot), but there appears to be an earlier name in Cuculus sulphur atus 
Lichtenstein (Cat. Rer. Nat. Rar. 1793), as there are good reasons for 
thinking that the Lichtenstein Catalogue was of part of Le Vaillant’s 
collection. Likewise Cuculus murinus Lichtenstein of the same Catalogue 
