292 Mr. D. A. Baunerman on a 



Throughout this paper Dr. Reichenow's work c Die Vogel 

 Afrikas ' is quoted as " Reich." 



My sincere thanks are due to Mr. Ogilvie- Grant, of the 

 British Museum, for his kindness in allowing me to 

 work out this interesting collection, and for the great help he 

 has given me throughout; also to his attendant Mr. Wells 

 for much valuable assistance. 



Family Sturm ni . 



DlLOPHUS CAHUNCULATUS (Gmel.). 



Perissornis carunculatus Reich, ii. p. G70 (1903). 



a, /;.(??. Dubar, 10th & 11th June, 1905. 



I ris pale brown ; bill horn-coloured ; upper mandible darker 

 than the lower; gape yellow; legs and feet grey with a 

 brownish tinge. 



PlIOLIDAUGES LEUCOGASTER (Gm.). 



Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Reich, ii. p. 679 (1903). 

 a-e. cJ ? et c? imra. Dubar, 12th-30th May, 1905. 

 A female shot on the 28th of May had well-developed 

 eggs in the ovary. 



One bird shot on the 26th of May is in the brown 

 plumage of the female, but the spots on the throat and 

 breast arc larger and darker. 



Another shot on the 28th of May, and marked " male," is 

 also in plumage similar to that of the female, but has a 

 few irregular metallic feathers on the back and secondary 

 coverts. 



An example shot on the 30th of May in the plumage of 

 the fully adult male is said by Mr. Bury to be a female, and 

 he notes that a the ovary contained unmistakable eggs." 

 If the sex of this bird has been correctly ascertained, and 

 the bodies have not been mixed in the skinning, it seems to 

 prove the correctness of the view held by some ornithologists, 

 that the adult female in North-East African birds becomes 

 metallic like the male. This is alluded to by Dr. Sharpe in the 

 ' Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum ' (xiii. p. 122). 

 It must be remarked that in many instances the sexes of 



