South-eastern Sierra Leone. 235 



Bo, July 1903. Eyelids and bill black; feet and claws 

 bluish slate-coloured. 



101. Laniarius leucorhyxchus. 



Laniarius leucorhynchus (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i\ . 

 p. 295 (1903) ; Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 573 (1903). 

 Bo, June 1904. Iris, bill, feet, and claws black. 



102. SlGMODUS CANICEPS. 



Sir/modus caniceps Bp. ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iv. p. 27 1 

 (1903) ; Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 537 (1903). 



Tikonko, February 1901. Bill, feet, claws, and eyelids 

 scarlet-vermilion. 



Bo, March 1901. 



103. ZoSTEROPS SEXKG ALEXSIS. 



Zosterups senegalensis Bp. ; Shelley, B. Africa, ii. p. 173 

 (1900). 



A series of skins from Bo : February, April, June, July, 

 and August 1904. Bill and feet slate-coloured ; eye-rings 

 white. 



This bird is very common. 



104. ClXXYRIS CUPREUS. 



Cinnyris cupreus (Shaw) ; Shelley, B. Africa, ii. p. 36 

 (1900). 



Bo : February, June, July, August, September, and 

 October. Bill, feet, and claws black. 



This Sun-bird is now recorded for the first time from 

 Sierra Leone, wbere it is resident during the months of rain, 

 from June onwards, frequenting the tallest forest-trees and 

 bush. It is usually seen singly, and is the most noisy of the 

 Sun-birds, making its visits to the banana-bunches in our 

 compound at Bo at once known by its chattering song. On 

 the 31st of July, 1904, I observed a bird of this species 

 hawking for insects late in the evening during heavy rain, 

 and it evidently caught the insects while on the wing. It was 

 accompanied in this occupation by five examples oiPycnonotus 

 burbatus, one of Fiscus smithi, and two pairs of Penthetriop.si^ 

 macrurus. 



