90 Mr. B. Alexander— An Ornithological 
flesh) 4 25 inches, wing 23, tail 1*8. Iris lemon-yellow ; bill, 
legs, and feet black. 
Adult $ (Oct. 11, 1898). Total length (measured in flesh) 
4*23 inches, wing 2*2, tail T7. 
Adult $ (Aug. 1, 1898). Total length (measured in flesh) 
4’5 inches, wing 2*3, tail 1*9. Iris yellow. 
116. Erythrocercus francisci (Sclater fil.). 
This interesting little Flycatcher was described by 
Mr. W. L. Sclater at the British Ornithologists* Club in June 
1898, from Inhambane, Portuguese East Africa (see Bull. 
B. O. C. vol. vii. p. lx). We obtained our two specimens 
near Zumbo and in thick wood close to the river. They 
were very silent, continuously flitting from one high tree 
to another, and as they did so looking much like a pair of 
miniature Redstarts, their red tails in flight being very 
conspicuous. After obtaining these two specimens, we con¬ 
stantly looked out for the species again, but never noticed it 
till we reached the mouth of the Kafue river, where on June 8 
a single specimen was observed in company with some other 
small birds. 
Livingstone obtained an example of. a species (E. living - 
stonii Finsch & Hartl. *) on the Zambesi which is very similar 
to our bird, though lacking the black spots on the tail; but 
since Livingstone's specimen is, in my opinion, nothing more 
than an immature bird, it is highly probable that E. francisci 
is the adult of E. livingstonii. 
Adult S • Total length (measured in flesh) 4*25 inches, wing 
1*9. Iris black; upper mandible brown, lower horn-colour; 
legs and feet brown. 
Adult $ . Total length (measured in flesh) 4*57 inches, 
wing 1*8. Soft parts as in male. 
117. Terpsiphone perspicillata (Swains.). 
Not numerous, and is migratory to a great extent in the 
Zambesi region. In November the males had their long 
rectrices well developed, when the green gloss also disappears 
* Cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 298, pi. ix. fig. 2. 
