82 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on some recent [Ibis, 



was also a male shot in the same locality on the 31st of 

 December, 1905. 



I have examined the series in the Tring Museum, but 

 they do not tln'ow any further light on the matter. 



P. ugandce Reichw., from Entebbe, is undoubtedly the 

 same as A. leucolcema Sharpe, from Toro. 



Xenocichla scandens orientalis Hartl. 



Xenocichla orientalis Hartl. J. f. O. 1883, p. 425 [Taraaja, 

 near Tingasi {Eniin)'\. 



PhyJlastrephus scandens orientalis Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 

 p. 398 (1901). 



Mr. Bates has sent several examples of this species, which 

 ranges from Tingasi and the Welle River, in the north- 

 western portion of the Belgian Congo, to the Sliari River 

 and the Ubangi River district south of Lake Chad ; thence 

 it is found southward to Cameroon. 



I have examined the type-specimen of A. orientalis 

 Hartlaub which is in the Tring Museum. It is a female 

 with a wing-measurement of 94 mm. 



The range of X. s. scandens extends from Senegambia to 

 the Niger. 



From A. s. scandens the present form is easily recognised 

 by its dark gre}^ head, dark greyish-olive back, and nearly 

 white breast and belly, faintly streaked with very pale 

 yellow. 



The wing-measurements are as follows : — 



A', s. scandens. X. s. orientalis. 



$. Wing 102-112 S' Wing 95-105 



?. „ 101 & 104 ?. „ ...... 93-100 



Alseonax epulatus (Cassin). 



Butalis epulatus Cassin, Pr. Ac. Philad. 1855, p. 326, 

 et 1857, p. 35 [Moonda R/iver, Gaboon]. 



Alseonax epulatus Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. iv. p. 131 

 (1879). 



Alseonax flavipes Bates, Ibis, J 911, p. 522, 



There can be no doubt that A. flavipes Bates is founded 



