r 



in. XEXOCICHLA. 105 



14. Xenocichla notata. 



Trichoplionis notatus, Cass. Pr. rhilad. Acad. 1850, p. 159 ; Hartl. 



Orn. W.-Afr. pp. 83, 272. 

 Xeuocifhla notata, Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1850, p. 45; id. Journ. 



Philad. Acad. v. p. 182, pi. x.xii. fig. 2 ; Heine, J.f. O. 1860, p. 139 ; 



Hartl. J. f. O. 1801, p. 105. 

 Criuiger notatus, Finsch, J. f. O. 1867, p. 30; Grm/, Hand-!. B. i. 



p. 273, no. 4007 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 22 ; 'Reichen. J. f. O. 



1876, p. 35; 8harpe S^ Bouv. Bull. 'Soc. Zool. France, 1870, p. 46; 



Reichen. J.f. 0. 1877, p. 25. 



Adult. General colour above olive-green, the head a little darker 

 than the back ; wing-coverts and quills brown, margined with the 

 same colour as the back, a little lighter on the edge of the quills ; 

 tail-feathers olive-green, the four outer ones tipped with a yellow 

 spot, smaller on the fourth feather, and confined to the inner web, 

 becoming larger on the three outside ones ; a large loral spot 

 of yellow, very conspicuous ; sides of face dark olive-green, the 

 checks still darker, blackish, tinged with olive-green ; entire under 

 surface of body bright yellow, the sides of the chest dark olive- 

 green, the flanks also washed with pale olive-green : under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries yellow ; quills brown below, yellow along the 

 inner web ; " bill blackish, below leaden grey ; feet leaden grey, the 

 soles dirty yellow ; iris reddish brown" (Zie/c7«e/io!t'). Total length 

 7 inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-45, tail 3-3, tarsus 1. 



The Yellow-marked Bulbul is only known from the forests of 

 West Africa, where it is met with from the Cameroons to the 

 Congo. 



a. Ad. sk. Camma River, Gaboon. P. B. DuChaillu, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Gaboon {DuChaillu). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Gaboon {R. B. X. Walker). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



15. Xenocichla canicapilla. 



Tricbophonis canicapillus, Hartl. Beitr. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 24 : id. 



J.f. O. 1854, p. 25; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 84. 

 Xenocichla canicapillus, Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 44. 

 Criniger canicapillus, Finsch, J.f. O. 1867, p. 31 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 273, no. 4009 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1872, p. 69. 



Adult. General colour above olive-green, a little paler on the 

 upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills dark brown, 

 exterriidly olive-green like the back ; tail-feathers olive-green, the 

 four outer ones having a yellow spot at their ends ; head ashy grey, 

 with a faint wash of olive on the nape : sides of face a little darker 

 grey ; lores hoary white ; moustachijd line, throat, and under sur- 

 face of body bright yellow, paler on the throat ; the sides of the 

 chest and sides of the body greenish ; the breast-feathers rather loiig 

 and silky and having white bases ; under wing-covcrts and axil- 

 laries 1)right yellow ; quills brown below, yellow along the inner 

 web. Total length S inches, culmen 0-8, wing 3-6, tail 3*5, tarsus 

 005. 



