93 Dr. R. B. Sharpc on Birds 



1. Tympanistria tympanistria (Temm. &Knip); Reichen. 

 J. f. 0. 1896, p. 50; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 138 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 83 (1899). 



S. Efulen, June 6, 1901. '' Odu.^' 



2. AcciPiTER MELANoLEUcus A. Smith; Shelley, B.Africa, 

 i. p. 152 (1896) ; Sharpe, Haiid-l. B. i. p. 254 (1899). 



Astur melanoleucus Reicheu. J. f. O. 1896, p. 50. 

 ? ad. Efulen, May 30, 1901. " Obi." 



3. Astur castanilius (Bp.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 248. 

 Astur macroscelides Reichen. t. c. p. 50. 



? juv. Efulen, June 15, 1901. " Obi.'^ 



4. Scops holerythra Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 3 

 (1901). 



S . Efulen, June 4, 1901. " Akun." 

 This species has a yellow bill like Scops icterorhyncha of 

 Shelley, which is its nearest ally, but it is uniformly bright 

 cinnamon. It is difficult to believe that it can be the rufous 

 phase of S. icterorhyncha, as there is no sign of the large 

 white spots on the scapulars and wing-coverts, and the whole 

 of the under surface is bright cinnamon, varied with small 

 " arrow-head " streaks and spots of white, but without any 

 sign of the dusky vermiculation which is a feature of 

 S. icterorhyncha. 



5. Hapaloderma iEQUATORiALE Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xii. 

 p. 3 (1901). 



(J ad. Minkale, May 22, 1901. 



This specimen I have compared with a large series of 

 H. narina in the British Museum, and I find that it differs 

 from all of them in the coarseness of the blackish vermicu- 

 lations on the wing-coverts, which are very different in 

 appearance when the two species are compared. 



6. Bycanistes albotibialis Cab.? & Reichen.; Reichen. 

 t. c. p. 16; Shelley, t. c. p. 114; Sharpe, Hand-I. B. ii. 

 p. 69. 



S. Efulen, June 22, 1901. " Miam.'' 

 ? . „ June 1, 1901. 



