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This is a shy bird, keeping much to the thick bush. Its 

 babbling notes, which are not unpleasant, are generally heard 

 towards evening. 



110. Criniger gracilirostris (Strickl.). 

 Criniger gracilirostris Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 63. 

 Andropadus gracilirostris Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 44 



(Togoland) . 



Chlorocichla gracilirostris Sharpe, Cat. B, vi. p. 114; 

 Hartert, Nov. Zool. vi. p. 422 (Gold Coast). 



Prahsu, Fumsu, and Kwissa. 



111. Criniger verreauxi Sharpe. 



Criyiiger verreauxi Sharpe, Cat. B. vi. p. 73 ; Shelley, 

 B. Afr. i. p. 63 ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 44 (Togoland). 

 Prahsu and Fumsu. 



112. Criniger ALBiGULARis Sharpe. 

 Xenocichla albigularis Sharpe, Cat. B. vi. p. 103. 



P hyllostrephus albigularis Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 56 

 (Togoland). 



Prahsu. 



The measurements of both our specimens (adult and 

 young females) are larger than in typical C. albigularis. 

 We shall, however, refer our birds to that species until 

 further material is forthcoming. There is only one example 

 (the type) in the British Museum. It has the following 

 measurements : — Total length 5*8 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 

 2-7, tail 2'% tarsus 0'75. 



Adult ? (Prahsu). Total length (measured in the flesh) 

 7 inches, culmen 07, tail 3*4, tarsus 0-8. Iris hazel ; upper 

 mandible brown, lower light horn-coloured; legs and feet 

 brown. Our immature specimen has the white throat washed 

 with buff. 



113. Pyrrhurus scandens (Sw.). 

 Pyrrhurus scandens Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 64. 

 Phyllostrephus scandens Reichen. J. f. O. 1897, p. 43 



(Togoland). 



