118 TIMELnD^. 



Phyllostreplius fulviventris, Cab. J. f. O. 1870, p. 92 ; Rckhen. 

 J. f. O. 1877, p. 26; Sharpe c*j- Bouvier, Bull. Hoc. Zool. France, i. 

 p. 44; Bocage, Oni. Angola, p. 248. 



Adult female. General colour above olive-brown, the head darker 

 brown ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back ; greater 

 coverts and quills brown, edged with olive, the secondaries exter- 

 nally browner ; rump a little lighter olive than the back ; upper 

 tail-coverts light fawn-brown ; tail-feathers rufous-brown ; lores 

 and a faintly indicated eyebrow, as well as a ring of feathers round 

 the eye, yellowish white ; ear-coverts pale brown, washed with olive ; 

 cheeks and throat dull white, washed with yellowish olive ; rest of 

 under surface very pale yellow, the sides of the body olive-brown, as 

 also the thighs and under tail-coverts; under wing-coverts pale 

 yeUow ; quills dusky brown below, pale yellowish along the inner 

 web ; " bill light reddish brown ; feet blackish brown ; iris clear 

 brown" [Fitll-enstein). Total length 7"S inches, culnien 0*8, wing 

 3'35, tail 3*6, tarsus 0'9. 



Obs. Dr. Falkenstein found the feet " flesh-coloured " in a male 

 bird. 



The Buff-bellied Bristle-necked Bulbul is an inhabitant of West 

 Africa, from the Congo district to Beuguela. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Landana, Congo. Messrs. Lucau and Petit [C.]. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Biballa [Anchieta). R. B. Sbarpe, Esq. 



4. Phyllostrophus fischeri. 



Criniger fischeri, Reichen. Orn. CentralU. 1879, p. 139; Fischer ^ 

 Reichen. J.f. O. 1879, p. 348; Reichen. ^- Schaloa; t. c. p. 319. 



Adult. Upper surface olive-green ; throat and middle of the belly 

 yellowish white ; breast and flanks olivaceous ; under tail-coverts 

 isabelline ; tail-feathers rufous ; bill dusky : feet lead- colour ; iris 

 white. Total length 7'5 inches, culmen 0"75, wing 3-1, tail 4-55, 

 tarsus 0*9. 



Fischer's Bristle-necked Bulbul is only known from the Zanzibar 

 district in Eastern Africa. 



20. IXONOTXJS. 



Ixonotus, J. Si- E. Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, Type, 



p. 300 I. guttatus. 



Head and bill of Ixonotus guttatus. 

 Range. Confined to West Africa, from Gaboon to Fantee. 



