104 TIMELIIDiE. 



a. Ad. sli. Gaboon. M. Ven-eaux. 



6. Ad. sk. Ashantee. J. Gould, Esq. 



c. Ad.sk. Fautee. G. Lyall,Esq. [C.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Faiitee (Auhinn). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 r. Ad. sk. Fantee {Governor ZTssher). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 f. Ad. sk. Mampon, Aug. 1872 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(H. F. BUssi4t). 



13. Xenocichla leucopleura. 



Phvllastrephus leucopleunis, Caxs. Pr. Philad. Acad. 18.55, p. 328 ; 



Hartl. Orn. IV.-Afr. p. 89. 

 Trichophorus nivosus, Hftrfl J. f. O. ISo-j, p. ;Ju6 {e.v Temm.) ; 



id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 84; id.J.f. O. 1861, p. 164. 

 Pynhurus leucopleurus, C'as.s. Pi-. Phihid. Acad. 18.59, p. 47 ; Heine, 



J. f. O. 1860, p. 140; Finsch, J.f. O. 1867, p. 8. 

 Criniger leucopleurus, Sharpe, lUs, 1869, p. 382 ; Gray, IlandA. B. 



i. p. 275, no. 4039 ; S/iarpe Si- Bouvier, Bull. Sac. Zool. France, 



1877, p. 477 ; Bocai/e, Orn. Angola, p. 246. 

 Criniger nivosus, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 22 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, 



p. 609; Beichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 25. 



Adult male. General colour above dull brown, somewliat shaded 

 -with olive, the head a little more dingy brown than the back ; 

 feathers of the lower back very full and fluffy, the lateral ones 

 yellowish at their tips, forming a more or less conspicuous patch at 

 the sides of the rump ; wings and tail brown, slightly olivaceous on 

 the margins of the feathers ; all but the two centre rectrices tipped 

 with white, which increases largely towards the outer feathers ; 

 lores and feathers above the eye dull white ; sides of face dusky 

 brown, with whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks ashy grey, with whitish 

 shafts to the feathers ; throat and chest dusky grey, the feathers 

 margined with olive and having conspicuous white central streaks ; 

 rest of under surface of body pale yellow, more or less white in the 

 centre of some of the feathers, especially the under tail-coverts ; 

 under wing-covcrts and axillaries like the breast; quills dusky 

 brown below, whitish at base of inner web, and shading into ashy 

 along the edge of the latter. Total length 9-7 inches, culmcn 0-95, 

 wing -l-SS, tail 4-35, tarsus 1. 



Yovng. Is similar to the adult in colour, but much more fluffy in 

 plumage, and rather browner on the upper surface. 



The "White-bellied Bulbul occurs in West Africa only, where it 

 inhabits the forests from the Gambia to the Congo. 



«. Ad. sk. CapePalmas. F. Nicholson, Esq. [P.], 



&, c. Ad. sk. Fantee {Governor Ussher). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d. Ad. St. Ashantee. J. Gould, Esq. 



e,/. Ad. sk. Cameroons Mountains, Feb. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1871 {A. Crosshy). 



(J. Ad. sk. Gaboon. M. Verreaux. 



h. Ad., /, k. Juv. Gaboon {DuClailhi). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



sk. 



I. c? ad. sk. Camnia River (BnChailla). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



m. Ad. St. West Africa. L. Eraser, Esq. 



