58 Mr. G. L. Bates— Field-Notes on the 



creamy-white^ covered all over with spots of umber-brown 

 and with spots and small blotches of dark grey and lilac-grey, 

 most numerous round the larger end. — O.-G.] 



1759. Phyllostrephus orientalis. 



Phyllastrephus scandeus orientalis Reich. Y. A. iii. p. 398. 



Nos. 2873. S, 2874. ? , 2881. <S • River Ja, Jan. 25 &28, 

 1908. 



These specimens were shot on the bank of the River Ja, 

 where I was camping for a few days. The first pair were 

 heard making a great racket in the tree-tops over my tent 

 when I woke in the morning. Their noise was peculiar, being 

 of the same sort of ringing and yet guttural tone heard in the 

 "talking " of the Ngomejal (Phijllostrephits leucopleurus), but 

 with more of the ringing quality. The pair were making 

 this noise together, both " talking " at once, like the '^ Nkes " 

 (P. simplex). Their breeding-organs were much enlarged. 

 These birds must keep to the river-bank ; else I should have 

 got them where I had collected a great deal before, only a 

 few miles away. 



1760. Phyllostrephus leucopleurus. [Ngomejal.] 

 Bleda leucopleura Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 460. 



I cannot characterize the "Ngomejal" better than I have 

 done already (' The Ibis,' 1905, p. 97). But I can add that a 

 nest of the bird has been shown to me, though too badly torn 

 up to be described. It was taken in October, on a swamp- 

 palm-tree, and contained two well-grown nestlings, 



1782. Andropadus virexs. [Otok.] 



Reich. V. A. iii. p. 412. 



Eurillas virens Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 462. 



Here, again, I use the generic name adopted by Reichenow, 

 so as to have all the species of Otok" in the same genus, 

 for they are certainly much alike. 



My note under the head of " Ewillas camermiensis " 

 ('The Ibis,' 1907, p. 462) should have been attributed to 

 E. virens. This is the commonest species. It is that of 



