84 Mr. D. A. Bantiennan on rare Birds [Ibis, 



Mr. Bates has now obtained six more specimens of this 

 species from Bitye, River Ja. 



Mesopicus xantholophus Hargitt. 

 Mesopiciis elliotti Cassin. 

 Dendromus caroli (Malh.). 

 Dendromus permistus Reichw. 

 Dendropicus gabonensis (Verr.). 



Mr. Bates has sent further specimens of all these Wood- 

 peckers from Bitye. 



lynx torquilla torquilla. 



lyrix torquilla Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 112 — 

 Type locality : Sweden. 



I record a specimen shot by Mr. Bates at Bitye, River Ja, 

 on the 19th of November, 1913, as we have far too little 

 data of European migrants in West Africa. It is nnfor- 

 tunate tliat collectors who must often have the opportunity 

 of procuring European birds on passage entirely ignore these 

 in favour of local species whose range is often much l)etter 

 known. It is a fact that several European birds pass 

 regularly through the Canary Islands in spring and autunm, 

 which have never been taken in Africa soutli of that 

 latitude. 



Indicator conirostris conirostris *. 



Meli<jnothes conirostris Cassin, Proc. Acad. Philad. 1856^ 

 p. 156 — Type locality : Moonda_, Gaboon. 



Indicator c. conirostris C. Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 434; 

 Bannerman, t. c. p. 489 [Cameroon Mt.]. 



All the examples of this species, eight in number, have 

 been procured by Mr. Bates on the River Ja. He has now 

 forwarded another pair from the same locality. 



The wings in seven males measure 88-92 mm.; in three 

 females, 79, 85, 85 mm. 



The two specimens from the Gold Coast and Fantee, men- 

 tioned under /, conirostris in the Catalogue of Birds in the 



* The notes on the species of the genera Indicator, Melignomon, 

 and Prodotiscus were written by Mr. ^^■. 11. Ogilvie-Grant in 1017. 



