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the presence of 91 West- African species. It is evident that 

 these have extended their range through the wood-region of 

 the great Congo Valley, and so have become mixed with the 

 Eastern forms. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant deals with these 385 species in syste- 

 matic order, giving the necessary references, a list of the 

 specimens and their exact localities, and the field-notes of 

 the collectors, distinguished by their initials. Critical 

 remarks on the nomenclature and on the allied species 

 are added when required. We are pleased to see that our 

 author has not fouud it necessary to use trinomials in any 

 case in this long list of names. 



The extraordinary noise made by the Broad-billed Fly- 

 catchers of the genus Smithomis, first described by Mr. Bates 

 as heard in Cameroon, was also noted by Mr. Woosnam, 

 who calls it " the most remarkable note of a bird that he bad 

 ever heard" (op. cit. p. 401). It is a "kind of jar, some- 

 thing like the sound made by the Greater Spotted Wood- 

 pecker when hammering on a dead branch/' Mr. Woosnam 

 mentions it as occurring in the case of three different species 

 of the genus — Smithomis camerunensis } S. rvfolaterulis, and 

 S. sharpei. 



Only one new species appears to be first described in this 

 memoir. This is Cinnyris kempt (op. cit. p. 329). The 

 others were all shortly characterised in different numbers of 

 the Bull. B.O. C. 



The following 28 birds are beautifully figured in the 

 plates which accompany this memoir : — 



Malimbus fogani, Spermospiza poliogenys, Pyromelana 

 crassirostris , Neisna nyansoe, Nesocharis unsorgii, Crypto- 

 spiza salvadorii, Pytelia belli, Nectarinia dartmouthi, Crypto- 

 lopha aljjina, Pholidornis denti, Anthoscopus roccatii, Sylviella 

 denti, Anthns leggei, Erythrocercus covgicus, Apalis a finis, 

 Apalis denti, Apalis ruwenzorii, Alethe woosnami, Alethe 

 carruthersi, Bradypterus alfredi, Cossypha archeri, Brady- 

 pterus barakce, Phyllanthus czarnikvwi, Bleda woosnami, 

 Trochocercus bedjordi, Butis diops, Chloropeta gracilirostris, 

 and Tarsiger ruwenzorii. Plate xix. is devoted to the eggs 



