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paler rufous on the throat, and has orange-rufous spots on 

 the wing-coverts. 



54. COSSYPHA CYANOCAMPTER. 



Cossypha cijanocampter (Bp.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iv. 



p. 163 (1903). 



a. ? ad. Efulen, June 3, 1902. 



No. 47. S ad. River Ja, Feb. 1903. 



No. 266. <$ ad. „ Dec. 16, 1903. 



No, 306. J ad. „ Dec. 26, 1903. 



No. 327. <J ad. „ Jan. 1, 1904. 



No. 500. ? ad. „ May 16, 1904. 



No. 536. S ad. „ May 20, 1904. 



No. 545. <$ ad. ") -p. T , T ctl .__ . 



at *»a xao *n ! ^ R iver Ja, May 21, 1904. 

 Nos. a 74, 548. $ ? ad. J 



Nos. 560. c? ; 576, 598,607. ? ad. River Ja, May 23-31, 

 1904. 



Nos. 650, 667. <$ ? ad. River Ja, June 8, 11, 1904. 



This seems to be nearest to the true C. cijanocampter 

 from the Gold Coast; it is not the dark Gaboon form, 

 C. periculosa. Prof. ReichenoAv also has identified the 

 Camaroon bird with C. cyanocampter. 



The Camaroon birds seem to be somewhat intermediate 

 in tint between C. periculosa and C. barthelotti of Shelley ; 

 they are not so chestnut below nor so pale orange-buff as 

 the latter, but they seem to be a little more orange and not 

 so ferruginous on the throat and breast. 



[No bird is more interesting to me than the angokon. It 

 is very secretive, and I have never seen it alive, at large. 

 It lives only about villages, on the ground in the thick under- 

 bush; in such places all my specimens have been trapped by 

 boys. It feeds on insects found on the ground. 



But though I have not seen the angokon, I know its voice, 

 which is wonderfully sweet. Its notes are strange and 

 varied, with a weird quality that affects the imagination 

 as unearthly. One brought to me alive made plaintive 

 cries in the same strange sweet tone. According to the 

 natives, this bird also imitates the notes of other birds.] 



