54 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



125. Dryoscopus major, (Hartlaub.) 



Telophonus major, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 108. 

 Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Hamburg, 1848, pi. 5. 

 Specimens of both sexes from the Camma. 



126. Dryoscopus carbonarius, (Cassin.) 



Laniarius carbonarius, Oassin, Proc. Acad. Philada. 1851, p. 347. 

 Telophonus leucorhynchus, Hartlaub, Rev. Zool. 1848, p. 108? 



Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Hamburg, 1848, pi. 6 ? 



Though the names here given seem to be regarded as certainly synonymous 

 by very reliable ornithologists, I have never been able to reconcile that conclu- 

 sion with the fact that both sexes of my D. carbonarius have the bill black. 

 In T. leucorhynchus, the bill of the male is white, and that of the female black, 

 and the measurements given as above, and elsewhere, with his usual accuracy, 

 by Dr. Hartlaub, are smaller than in specimens of my species. 



There are, in Mr. Duchaillu's collections, numerous specimens of L. carbona- 

 rius of both sexes, and very similar in all their characters, but previous to the 

 arrival of the present collection from the Camma, I had never seen a specimen 

 with the bill light colored, or of any other color than black. In this col- 

 lection, however, there are two specimens evidently not in mature plumage, one 

 of which, labelled as a male, has the bill varied with dull brownish black and 

 pale yellowish white, and showing a tendency to become either white or black, 

 but impossible to determine which. These two specimens are smaller than 

 those of L. carbonarius, being very nearly the size given by Dr. Hartlaub, and 

 have the plumage more strongly tinged with brown as represented in his plate 

 cited above. My opinion is, at present, that the two species are distinct. 



From the Camma and Ogobai, and formerly from the Moonda. 



127. Chaunonotus Sabinei, (J. E. Gray). 



Thamnophilus Sabinei, J. E. Giay, Zool. Misc. p. 7, (1842). 



Hapalophus melanoleucus, Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 312. 

 Jard. and Selby, 111. Orn. n. s. pi. 27. 

 From the Camma, and formerly from the Muni and Moonda. 



128. Turdirostris fulvescens, nobis. 



Of the same genus as " Myiothera philomela, Temm. Borneo," and very nearly 

 related to " Myiothera inornata" " Trichostoma umbralile" and " Trichostoma cele- 

 bense," of the Acad. Coll. and generally resembling those species in colors, but 

 larger than either of them. Bill rather large, wing moderate, rounded, fifth 

 quill longest, tail moderate, rounded, legs rather long, feathers of the back long, 

 soft, bristles at the base of the bill strong. Head above dark ashy brown, 

 cheeks ashy, throat ashy white. Upper parts of body reddish-brown, with a 

 tinge of olive on the back, and becoming clear dark ferrugineous on the rump 

 and upper tail coverts. Under parts of body dull ashy white, much tinged with 

 dull ochraceous or fulvous on the breast and sides. In some specimens the en- 

 tire under parts are dull reddish fulvous. Quills dark brown, edged externally 

 with the same color as the back, tail dark chestnut brown. Bill with the upper 

 mandible horn color, under mandible yellowish white, legs light brownish. 9 

 Smaller, and with the plumage more strongly tinged with ferrugineous on the 

 upper parts, throat ashy white, under parts of body ashy white in some speci- 

 mens, dull fulvous in others. 



Total length, $ , about 6 inches, wing 3, tail 2| inches. $ Total length 

 about 5|, wing 2, tail 1\ inches. 



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



To me this bird is exactly the same genus as a species in the Acad. Coll. 

 labelled in Europe, " Myiothera philomela, Temm. Borneo," and is nearly related 

 to others as stated above. Its colors much resemble those of the species just 

 mentioned, and also of " Trichostoma umbralile and celebensis," of which very in- 

 different figures are given in Jardine's Cont. Orn. for Nov. 1849. The tails ia 



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