White-rumped Spectacled Flycatcher. 
Platysteira leucopygialis, Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842, p. 142. 
This bird differs from Jardine and Selby’s Platyrhynchus collaris, Ill. Orn. vol. i. pi. 9, fig. 1, 
in having a white rump, the wings entirely black, the band across the chest much broader, and the 
fleshy appendage around the eye red. 
These birds are by no means shy. My specimens were found among the branches of the 
naked trees, in June, sometimes in pairs; their form was short and thick, the feathering being of 
a downy nature. They feed entirely upon insects. 
Habitat, Clarence, Fernando Po. 
This species is of a blueish black colour, with the throat, rump, and abdomen white. The 
eye is surmounted with a fleshy appendage of a red colour; the irides are red hazel; the bill is 
black, and the legs purplish. 
Total length, four inches. 
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Ciiesnut-coloured Spectacled Flycatcher. 
Platysteira castanea , Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842, p. 141. 
This species, like its congener (P. leucopygialis), was found among the branches of naked 
trees, in the month of June, and bore the same short and thick form as in that species; its 
note is short. 
The Platysteira castanea is nearly allied to the Platyrhynchus Desmarestii of Jardine and 
Selby’s Ill. Orn. vol. i. pi. 9, fig. 2, but differs from that species in having a chesnut back and wings, 
and a short black tail. 
Habitat, Clarence, Fernando Po. 
The general colour is chesnut; the crown of the head and the cheeks are grey; the chin is 
white; the abdomen is also white; the rump and flank feathers are white at their base, and light 
grey towards their extremities; the tail is black, the outer feather being edged with white. The 
fleshy appendage above the eye is red; the irides are red hazel; the bill is black; the legs are 
purplish. 
Total length, four inches. 
