122 Dr. R. B, Sharpe o« Birds 



210. Bathmedonia kufa. 



Bathmocercus rufus Reicheuow, J. f. O. 1896^ p. 43^ 

 Taf. iii. 



Bathmocevcus fuscipennis Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiv. p. 19 

 (1903). 



Bathmedonia rufa Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 742 

 (1905). 



Nos. 459. S; 460,461. ? ad. River Ja, March 1904. 

 Testes of male ratlier large. 



No. 558. S ' River Ja, May 23, 1904. 



No. 567. ? . „ May 24, 1901. 



No. 590. ? . „ May 27, 1901. Eggs forming. 



No. 982. ? . Efulen, July 22, 1905. 



No. 1034. ? . „ Aug. 11, 1905. 



No. 1217. ? ad. River Ja, Dec. 31, 1905. Eggs be- 

 ginning to form. 



No. 1299. ? ad. River Ja, Jan. 13, 1906. 



No. 1600. S ad. „ March 24, 1906. 



No. 1678. ? ad. „ April 15, 1906. Eggs be- 



ginning to form. 



Nos. 1695, 1696. ^ ? ad. River Ja, May 1906. 



Nos. 1731, 1734. ? ad.; 1732, 1747,1779. S ad. River 

 Ja, June 8-19, 1906. 



No. 2001. ? ad. Bitye, River Ja, Oct. 25, 1906. 



Nos. 2098, 2099. ^ ? ad. Bitye, River J a, Nov. 28, 

 1906. 



No. 2376. S ad. Bitye, River Ja, March 23, 1907. 

 Testes rather large. 



The type of my B. fuscipennis turns out to be a young 

 male of this species emerging from the dusky (or female) 

 plumage into the rufous dress of the male. The characters 

 of B. fuscipennis are those of the immature male. The 

 difference in colour between the sexes is remarkable, and 

 the male is chestnut, with a black forehead and throat and 

 grey abdomen, as figured by Dr. Reichenow. The female, 

 however, is blackish above with an olive wash, the forehead, 

 sides of face, and throat black ; the chest and remainder of 

 the under surface are of a dingy ash-colour with an olive shade. 



