56 Mr. Gr. L. Bates — Field-Notes on the 



a bird often found in the primeval forest, but still oftener in 

 the second-growth forest, like that mentioned under Ploceus 

 hicolor (above, p. 42), which consists largely of "aseng^' 

 trees (Musanga smithii), on the fruit of which it feeds. Its 

 principal food is fruit, but it eats insects also. It has a 

 call which I may express as " pee-ew ! ^' uttered with energy, 

 and accompanied by the spreading of the tail so as to display 

 the white feathers. It has another note which may be called 

 its song, using the Avord '^^song" with some latitude. Once 

 I came upon several of these birds in the tree-tops near 

 together, answering each other with " pee-ew ! " But usually 

 they are found singly or a pair together. No. 1869 was 

 shot while crying " pee-ew ! " and spreading its tail ; it was 

 a female and in breeding condition. After it was shot its 

 mate was heard crying " pee-ew ! " followed by a little song, 

 though it was not seen. Nos. 1918 and 1919 were also 

 mates that were answering each other. 



Phyllostrephus indicator (Reich. \ . A. iii. p. 390) probably 

 has similar ways and a similar voice. It cannot be distin- 

 guished from P. damans unless it is in the hand, and some 

 of the birds observed may have been P. indic(dor. But those 

 that were seen and afterwards shot, so as to be identified, 

 belonged to P. damans. 



Phyllostrephus viridescentior. [Ntyando.] 



Pycnonotus viridescentior Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 464. 



No. 2509. ? ad. Iris brown ; feet blue ; bill black. Two 

 large empty sheaths of ova in ovary; oviduct large. Caught 

 on the nest, at evening. 



The nest was a shallow cup exactly like that of Pycnonotus 

 gobonensis, set in the triple fork of an " okom " bush, and was 

 found not far from the village. It was composed of shreds 

 of the bark of weeds and leaf-petioles, with fine grass-stems 

 inside. It measured internally in the two diameters 65 

 and 55 mm. The two eggs found in it measured 25*5 x 

 17 mm. and 23*5 x 17 mm. 



[Two eggs are of an elongated pointed oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. The ground-colour is pale greenish-white. 



