1917-] Collectio)is of Birds from Cameroon. 83 



on adult examples oi A. epulatus Cassiii. In younger birds 

 the legs are brown^ while in adults they are yellow. This 

 is proved by specimens collected by the Uiiwenzori Expedi- 

 tion in the Semliki Valley, and also by birds from 

 Cameroon. 



There are two typical examples of A. epulatus m the 

 British Museum procured by Du Ohaillu on the Muni 

 River, Gaboon. The type was described from the Moonda 

 River a few miles farther south. I iiave examined examples 

 from Cameroon, Spanish Guinea, Gaboon, Libokwa and 

 Bambili, Welle River, and Port Beui, Semliki Valley. 



Alseonax fantisiensis Sharpe. 



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

 (1879) [Fantee: A. Swanzy. Type in the British Museum.] 



The paler grey species seems to occur together with the 

 dai'k grey A. epulatus over a great part of its range. 



Hab. I have examined specimens from the Gold Coast, 

 Cameroon, Gaboon, and Fort Beiii in the Semliki Valley. 



Alseonax comitatus (Cassin) . 



Butalis comitatus Cassin, Pi-. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 35 

 [Muni River, Gaboon]. 



Alseona.r comitatus Ogilvie-Grant, Tr. Zool. Soc. xix. 

 p. 392 (1910) [East Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, and 

 Semliki Valley]. 



Pedilorhynchus comitatus Reichenow, Vog. Afr. ii. p. 461 

 (1903). 



Pedilorhynchus stuhlmanni Reichenow, t. c. p. 460. 



Pedilorhynchus stuhlmanni camerunensis Riichenow, t. c. 

 p.. 461. 



Pedilorhynchus camerunensis Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 447. 



Alseonax ituriensis Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb. xvi. p. 191 

 (1908) [Avakubi, Ituri River]. 



Mr. Bates collected an adult pair, as well as immature 

 and young examples, on the River Ja, Cameroon. 



Three specimens of this species were procured by Alexander 

 at Gudima, on the Upper Welle River, about 280 kilometres 

 to the north-east of Avakubi on the Ituri River. There are 



