514 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the 



previously been obtained from Buea by Dr. Preuss. It 

 ranges right across Africa. 



The type locality " Kudurma" is situated on the boundary 

 of the Balii-el-Gliazal country and the Belgian Congo. 



[Found below Buea and on the Peak itself. — B. A.] 



59. Nesocharis shelleyi. (PI. VII. fig. 1.) 



Nesocharis shelleyi Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. 1903, 

 p. 48 [ ? ] : Fernando Po ; Bannerman, Bull. B. O. C. xxxv. 

 1915, p. 106 [c?] : Cameroon Mt. 



«. c? juv. (No. 2). Cameroon Mt. 28.iii.09. 



b,c. S (^ ad. {Nos. 1,4). „ „ . 10.iv.09. 



d. ? ad. (No. 3). „ „ 10.iv.09. 



An adult male obtained at Ninong, Manenguba Mts., will 

 be dealt with in the next paper (Part V.). 



The occurrence of this rare bird on Cameroon Mountain 

 and at Ninong is one of the most iuteresting discoveries of 

 Alexander's last expedition. The type of this peculiar species 

 was a female specimen obtained in company with another 

 female in the highlands of Fernando Po by Alexander, who 

 created the genus Nesocharis in which to place it. 



The characters of the genus Nesocharis are given as 

 follows : — Similar to the genus Spermestes, but with the 

 bill much weaker and more compressed, tail very short 

 and rounded, not extending beyond the outstretched feet, 

 wing rounded. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant has already cleared up the con- 

 fusion which existed in the genus in the Report on the 

 Ruwenzori Expedition (Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. 1910, p. 295). 



The following are the three species assigned to this 

 genus : — 



1. Nesocharis shelleyi Alexander. 



Type loc, Fernando Po. 



Range. Fernando Po, Cameroon Mt., and Manen- 

 guba Mts. (Cameroon). 



2. Nesocharis ansorgei (Hartert). 



Type loc, Luimi River, Toro. 

 R(i}i(je. Uganda. 



