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



also two specimens collected by the Ruwenzori Expedition, 

 one in the Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, and the other at 

 Fort Beni, in the Seraliki Valley. 



The wing-measurements are : J" 66-69 mm., ? 63- 

 Q7 mm. 



Hab. Cameroon and Gaboon eastwards to Uganda, the 

 Ituri River, and Upper Welle River. 



Dr. Reichenow has separated this species from Aheonax 

 under the new generic name Pedilorhynchus, on account of 

 its stouter bill and the 2nd primary quill being shorter than 

 the 8th. 



In A. comitatus the 2nd quill is slightly shorter than the 

 8tii. In A. tessmanni the difference is perhaps rather more 

 marked. 



In A. adusta, the type of Alseonnx, the 2nd quill is some- 

 what longer than the 8th, and the same difference is found 

 in A. epulatus and A.fantisiensis. 



I do not, however, consider that this slight difference in 

 the shape of the wing is sufficient reason for recognising 

 Pedilorhynchus as a distinct genus. 



Alseonax tessmanni (Reichenow). 



Muscicapa modesta Sharpe (nee Hartlaub), in A. F. 

 Mockler-Ferryman, ' Up the Niger,' App. vi. p. 310(1892) 

 [Shonga] ; Alexander, Ibis, 1902, p. 329 [Prahsu and 

 Fumsu, Gold Coast]. 



Pedilorhynchus tessmanni Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb. xv. 

 p. 147 (1907) [Rio Benito, Spanish Guinea]. 



Pedilorhynchus brevirostris Bates, Bull, B. O. C. xxv. p. 28 

 (1909) [Assobara, Bumba River, Cameroon. Type in the 

 British Museum]. 



The first person to send an example of this species to 

 England was Capt. A. F. Mockler-Ferryman, who met with 

 it in 1890 at Shonga in Northern Nij^eria. The bird was in- 

 correctly identified by Sharpe as Muscicapa modesta Hartlaub. 

 Alexander next procured three s})ecimens at Prahsu and 

 Fumsu, on the Gold Coast, in 1900, which, following Sharpe, 

 were also referred to M. modesta. As pointed out by 



