86 Mr, D. A. Bannerraan on rare Birds [Ibis, 



Indicator theresce Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. 1908, 

 p. 90 [Gudima, River Iri]. 



Mr. Bates has sent another example of this species, an 

 adult female from Bitj'e, River Ja. He had already procured 

 three specimens at Kribi, of which two males taken in 

 September are in the British Museum. The uniform dark 

 olive crown, spotted breast, and streaked belly serve to 

 distinguish this species from the nearly allied /. maculatus 

 Gray. 



/. theresce Alexander, the type specimen of which from 

 Gudima, River Iri, is in the British Museum, is synonymous 

 with the present species. The type specimen has been 

 marked a male by Alexander, but it seems certain from the 

 small size of the bill that it must be a female : it agrees 

 exactly with the female from Bitye sent by Mr. Bates. 



Melignomon zenkeri Reichw. 



Melignomo7i zenkeri Reichw. Vog. Afr. ii. 1902, p. 113 — 

 Type locality : Yaunde, Cameroon. 



Mr. Bates, who had previously sent a single male of this 

 rare species, has now obtained five more_, including examples 

 of both sexes. 



Ceriocleptes robustus. 



Melignomon robustus Bates, Bull. B. O. C. xxv. 1909, 

 p. 26 — Type locality : Bitye, River Ja, Cameroon. 



Ceriocleptes xenurus Chapin, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. 

 xxxiv. 1915, p. 512 — Type locality: Avakubi, Ituri 

 District. 



The Honey-guide described and figured by Mr. Chapin 

 is obviously of the same species as that described by 

 Mr. Bates under the name Melignomon robustus. Mr. Bates 

 obtained a second female example at the same place, Bitye, 

 River Ja, on the 29th of September, 1913. The type speci- 

 men of M. robustus shows the peculiarity of the tail-feathers 

 figured by Mr. Chapin and mentioned by Mr. Bates 

 when he modified tlie diagnosis of the genus Melignomon 

 {op. cit. p. 27). Mr. Ogilvie-Grant did not accept the genus 



