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Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
The soft parts are :— 
d . Irides bright yellow or lemon-yellow ; bill black ; legs 
and toes very dark slate. 
$ . Irides pale yellow ; bill black ; legs and toes slaty. 
In a young female the irides are yellowish grey.] 
349 a. Batis fratrum. 
Shelley, Ibis, 1900, p. 522. 
F. Masambeti, Nov. (1). 
The single example is marked a male, and was shot on 
Nov. 12. It agrees in every respect with the type of the 
species procured by the Woodward brothers at St. Lucia Bay 
in Zululand. That specimen was stated to be a male by the 
Woodwards, though not so marked on the ticket, bat was 
surmised by Shelley, who described it, to be a female, 
as it had no black breast-band. The present example goes 
to shew that this species differs from the others of the genus 
in that respect, and it also extends the range considerably 
northwards. So far as I am aware, it has not, till now, 
been taken since its first discovery in Zululand. 
[The specimen secured is the only one I have ever seen of 
this species. Its call, which is different from that of other 
members of the genus, first arrested my attention. It was 
shot in a belt of wood containing thick undergrowth ; the 
female was not seen and was probably breeding at that time of 
year, but careful search failed to discover her. Its habits and 
actions appear to resemble the other Flycatchers of this genus. 
The soft parts are:—Irides yellow; bill,legs and toes black.] 
350. Batjs molitor. 
Z. Umfolosi Station, Aug. (1) ; Jususie Valley, Dec. 
(1); Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug. (2) ; Woodbush, May, 
June (4). 
[ <$, “ Mbunsasane ” \ $ , “ Gwisisiba” of Zulus. 
I have observed this bird only in the localities where speci¬ 
mens were collected. In the Portuguese country its place is 
taken by the following form. 
This bird does not inhabit forest, but is commonly found 
in bush-veld country, where it is met with singly and in pairs, 
