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breast, and with fillvous on the flanks ; the under 
tail-covers and basal half of the lateral tail-feathers, 
are pure white ; the outer half of the rest, and the 
whole of the middle feathers, are deep black ; the 
middle and the outermost pair are rather shorter 
than the others. Bill and feet blackish. 
5. Muscicapa picata. 
Above grey ; beneath white ; wings and tail deep black ; the 
former with a white band at the base of the quills and 
on the margin of the tertials ; second quill not much longer 
than the sixth. 
Inhabits Western Africa. Total length, 5} inches; 
bill, front, 2 7 3 ; wings, 3 ; tail, beyond, 1 ; base, 
2^ ; tarsus, g§. General structure, except in the 
wings, of M. albicollis, but the size is larger, and 
the bill rather narrower. The front has a very 
slender black line, and a whiter shade above it. 
The wings and covers are deep black, excepting 
those feathers nearest the body, which are grey ; 
the white band which passes along the tertials 
extends to the edges of some of the greater wing- 
covers, while that which is at the base of the quills 
does not traverse the three outermost; the upper 
covers and the tail are deep black, the latter being 
very slightly forked; the under parts are white, 
tinged with grey on the breast. 
