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pottering about the trees and bushes searching for insects. I 
have seen it catching insects on the wing, hut it more often 
captures them from leaves and bark, occasionally on the 
ground. The flight is slow and jerky, and usually only from 
bush to bush; the call is a low whistle, the alarm-note being 
harsh. I have not succeeded in finding the nest. 
The soft parts are:— Irides bright yellow; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
Batis puella soror. 
Reichenow, Yog. Afr. ii. p. 485 ; C. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. 
xxi. p. 93. 
P. Coguno, July (5) ; Masambeti, Nov. (1) ; Beira, Nov., 
Dec., Feb. (3) ; Tambarara, Apl., July (3). 
This species, first taken in South Africa by Claude Grant, 
differs from B. molitor in its smaller size (the wing averaging 
53 against 63 mm.) and in the greater extension and develop¬ 
ment of the white eyebrow. In the female the chestnut of 
the throat and breast-band is of a much lighter shade. It 
replaces B. molitor in Portuguese East Africa. 
[This form was found common in the Inhambane, Beira, 
and Gorongoza districts, but was not noticed near Tete. In 
habits it resembles the true B . molitor. The soft parts are 
also similar.] 
351. Batis pririt. 
CC. Klipfontein, Apl., June (3). 
The male Pririt Flycatcher only differs from that of 
B. molitor in its slightly smaller dimensions. The outer tail- 
feather in both species is white along the outer web, as well 
as at the tip. The description given in Sclater and Stark 
(vol. ii. p. 257) is erroneous in this respect. 
[This little Flycatcher was only found in Namaqualand, 
where it is decidedly scarce; it frequents the bushes in the 
numerous kloofs among the mountains. It was in pairs, and 
in habits, call and actions is similar to B. molitor. 
The soft parts are Irides greenish yellow; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
