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This Flycatcher is very closely allied to M. grisola , L., 
but differs from that species in the following points :—The 
entire upper parts are brown, the forehead and crown being 
uniform and similar in colour to the back, not streaked with 
dark brown as in M. grisola ; the lores and feathers in front 
of the eye white; the cheeks uniform pale brown ; the throat 
white; the chest indistinctly streaked with brown (not boldly 
striated as in M. grisola); and the rest of the under surface 
white. Iris dark brown ; upper mandible purplish-brown, 
lower mandible pale purple ; legs, feet, and toes greyish- 
brown. 
Total length (average measurement of 12 specimens) 
5 inches; bill (from the base of the skull to the tip) 0*6; 
wing 2'9 ; tail 2'5 ; tarsus 0’68. 
Muscicapa grisola. 
Total length... 
. 5-4 
inches. 
Culmen. 
. 0*55 
Wing . 
. 3-4 
Tail . 
. 2-45 
Tarsus . 
. 06 
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Muscicapa somaliensis. 
Total length. .. 
. 5 inches. 
Culmen. 
. 06 
Wing . 
. 2*9 
Tail . 
. 2-5 
Tarsus. 
. 0-68 
In all other respects the skins which I have examined are 
similar to M. grisola , but the characters mentioned above 
appear to be sufficient to separate them from that species. 
Cryptolopha umbrivirens (Rupp.). 
Cryptolopha umbrovirens Reich, ii. p. 463 (1903). 
a, b. $ . Waghar, 15th July-lst Nov., 1905. 
Upper mandible dark purplish brown (almost black), lower 
mandible pale horn-coloured ; legs and feet dark brown with 
a slight greyish tint. 
Batjs orientalis (Heugl.). 
Batis orientalis Reich, ii. p. 481 (1903). 
a-m. $ ? . Waghar, 23rd June-18th Oct., 1905. 
n-q. <$ . Burao, 3rd Jan.-17th Feb., 1906. 
Iris bright yellow ; bill black ; legs and feet black. 
[In one bird which was dissected the stomach was found 
to contain a large number of ants.— G. W. B.] 
