from the Camaroon Coiintnj. 123 



211. Geocichla cameronensis. 



Geocichia cameronensis Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, p. 472. 



No. 773. S pull. Efulen, June 13, 1905. Testes very 

 small. 



Nos. 2624. S juv. ; 2629. ? ad. Between Kribi and 

 Efulen, July 13, 15, 1907. c^. Feet whitish; iris dark 

 brown. 



The nestling bird very closely resembles the type specimen, 

 but has black margins to some of the feathers of the under 

 surface. 



In his last collection Mr. Bates has sent an adult female 

 and an immature male, which agree with the original type. 

 The younger bird has the crown deep chestnut with paler 

 shaft-streaks on the head and upper mantle. 



212. Geocichla batesi. (Plate III.) 



Geocichla batesi Sharpe, Bull. B.O. C. xvi. p. 36 (1905). 



No. 957. S ad. Efulen, July 25, 1905. 



Nos. 2633, 2634. S ? ad. Between Kribi and Efulen, 

 July 16, 1907. ? . Feet whitish ; iris brown. 



The discovery of this new species of Geocichla is very 

 remarkable, for already from Camaroon two species have 

 been described, G. crossleiji and G. cameronensis, and the 

 former is still represented only by the typical specimen in 

 the British Museum. G. compsonota was described by Cassiu 

 from Gaboon, and the unique type is in Philadelphia ; the 

 species has never been rediscovered, and I was in hopes that 

 Mr. Bates had at last succeeded in finding it. It is evident, 

 however, that the Efulen bird is distinct, as it has not the 

 under surface " white " and the chin " dark cinereous," nor 

 are the upper parts " dark rufous." 



G. batesi is closely allied to G. jJrincei from the Gold Coast, 

 but is lighter rufous above, with the head and neck tinged 

 with olivaceous, and the greater wing-coverts are black, with 

 white spots at the ends; the primary-coverts are entirely 

 black. The facial markings are similar in the two species, 

 but the chest and sides of the body of G. batesi are more 

 ashy brown than in G. princely and not so rufescent as in that 

 species. 



