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greenish cinereous, tibiae and under tail coverts pale rufous. Bill narrower 

 and more slender than in the preceding. Total length about 7 inches. Ser- 

 rations in the upper mandible not numerous but distinct. 

 From the Camma and formerly from the Moonda. 



88. Andropadus virens, Cassin. 



Andropadus virens, Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philada. \857, p. 34. 



Smaller than either of the preceding, and more nearly related to the typical 

 A. importunus, of southern Africa. Bill and feet brownish horn color, the 

 latter lighter. Under wing coverts pale greenish yellow, inner edges of quills 

 very pale reddish white. Entire plumage olive, paler beneath, middle of ab- 

 domen yellow. Upper tail coverts and tail greenish brown. Total length 

 about 6 inches. 



This appears to be the most abundant species of Equatorial Africa, having 

 been received in all of Mr. Duchaillu's collections. 



89. Andropadus curvirostris, nobis. 



About the size of A. gracilirostris and latirostris. Bill rather narrow, curved, 

 serrations in upper mandible distinct. Under wing coverts pale greenish yel- 

 low. Upper parts olive, darker on the head, upper tail coverts and tail red- 

 dish brown, under parts lighter olive, tinged with reddish brown on the breast 

 and sides and inclining to yellow on the abdomen. Quills dark brown, edged 

 outwardly with olive, and on their inner edges with pale greenish yellow. 

 Bill and feet bluish horn color, edges of both mandibles white. Total length 

 about 6f inches, wing 3, tail 3 inches. 



Hab. River Camma, Western Africa. Discovered by Mr. P. B. Duchaillu. 



Tbis bird has the bill wider than in A. gracilirostris, and not so wide nor so 

 strong as in A. latirostris, and more curved than in either. I have heretofore 

 regarded it as the young of the former, but it appears to be a distinct species. 

 Numerous specimens from the Camma and formerly from the Muni. 



90. Ixos ashantecs, Bonaparte. 



Ixos ashanteus, Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. 266. 

 Specimens from the Camma, and received in small numbers in several other 

 of Mr. Duchaillu's collections. 



91. Ixonotus guttatus, Verreaux. 



Ixonotus guttatus, J. and E. Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 306. 

 Evidently not an uncommon bird in Equatorial Africa. From the Camma, 

 and formerly in other collections from Mr. Duchaillu. 



Genus Pyrrhurus, nobis. 



Bill rather wide at base, upper mandible curved towards the end and dis- 

 tinctly notched, base with about 4 or 5 pairs of long and rather strong bristles. 

 Wing rather long, first quill short, fifth longest, legs and feet strong, claws 

 large, tail long, wide, rounded. Feathers of the head in front stiff and scale- 

 like. Type Phyllastrephus scandens. Swainson. 



92. Pyrrhurus pallescens, (Hartlaub.) 



Trichophorus pallescens, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr., p. 86, (1857.) 

 In the collection from the Ogobai are several specimens which agree so com- 

 pletely with Dr. Hartlaub's very careful description, cited above, that I cannot 

 avoid the conclusion that they are the species intended, though he gives the 

 locality of his specimens as "Gambia." The present specimens are precisely 

 of the same generic form as Phyllastrephus scandens, Swainson, and resemble 

 that species exceedingly in color also, but are smaller, as will be seen by Dr. 

 Hartlaub's description, and constantly differ in the color of the under parts of 

 the body and the under wing coverts. Specimens of P. scandens are in the 

 Acad, coll., labelled in the handwriting of Mr. Jules Verreaux. 



With undoubted specimens also before me of Phyllastrephus capensis from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, it is very palpable that these birds are not of the same 



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