502 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



male utters a loud penetrating note. It is found from 3000 

 to 8000 feet.— B A.] 



40. Calamocichla plebeia. 



Calamocichla plebeia Reichw. Orn. Monatsber. 1893, 

 p. 178 : Yaunde, Cameroon. 



«, 6. (J c? (Nos. 1, 3). Buea. 3. v. 09. 



c, d. S ^ (Nos. 2,4). „ 4. V.09. 



This rare bird had hitherto only been obtained from the 

 type locality, i. e. Yaunde, which is situated about 150 miles 

 east of Cameroon Mountain. 



C. plffheia very closely resembles C. poensis from the 

 island of Fernando Po, but appears to have the upperparts 

 grey without the rufous tinge of the Fernando Po bird. The 

 tail-feathers iu C. pltbeia have only a faint indication of the 

 white tips which is one of the chaiacters of C. poensis. The 

 Fernando Po bird can certainly only be distinguislied as a 

 subspecies, although it has hitherto been assigned specific 

 rank. 



[Found in the long elephant-grass below Buea. — B. A.] 



41. Euprinodes cinereus. 



Euprinodes cinereus Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 130 : 

 Mt. Elgon. 



a. ? ad. (No. 2). Cameroon Mt. 10.iv.09. 



b. S imra. (No. 1). „ „ 10.iv.09. 



c. c? imm. (No. 4). „ „ 24.iv.09. 

 </. (^ imra. (No. 3). „ „ 31.iii.09. 



A close comparison of the specimens from Cameroon 

 with the series of E. cinereus and E. c. sclateri in the British 

 Museum has induced me to unite the bird from Cameroon 

 with typical examples of E. cinei'eus of Sharpe. 



The adult bird (No. 1) from Cameroon Mountain agrees 

 in every way with the type-specimen of E. cinereus except 

 that the tail in the type-specimen measures 9 mm. longer 

 than in any specimen from Cameroon. It must he remarked, 

 however, that the type-specimen of E, cinereus has an 

 exceptionally long tail, and that the tail in the other ten 



