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215. COSSYPHA CYANOCAIIPTER. 



Cossypha cyanocampter (Bonap.) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. B. iv. 

 p. 163 (190;3) ; id. Ibis, 1905, p. 474; Keiclienow, Yog. 

 Afrikas, p. 757. 



Nos. 1186, 1214,-,1315, 1219, 1228. c^ ? ad. et imm. 

 River Ja, Dec. 24-31, 1905. 



Nos. 1712, 1720. (? ? ad. River Ja, June 1906. 



Nos. 2372, 2373. S ? ad. Bitye, River .la, March 22, 

 1907. 



The adult female is exactly like the adult male, but a young' 

 female is much paler below, and has pale sandy-buff spots on 

 the. crown and wing-coverts. 



The female is proportionately smaller tliau the male, as 

 is seen by the following measurements : — 



Male. Wing 3-45 to 3-65 inches, culmen O'S to 0-85, tail 3-1 

 to 3-3, tarsus 1-2. 



Female. Wing 3'1 to 3'3 inches, culmen 0*75, tail 2'7 to 

 2-8, tarsus 1'05. 



The specimens obtained from November to March are 

 browner on the back than those killed in June and July. 



216. jSieocossyphus rufus. 



Neucossyphns rufus (Fischer & Reichenow) ; Reichenow, 

 A^og. Afnkcis, iii. p. Q7Q (1905). 



Nos. 1093, 1128. ? ad. Zima Country, Oct. 8, 13, 1905. 



No. 1724. S ad. River Ja, June 6, 1906. 



There are some slight differences between these specimens 

 and Prottssor Reichenow's description and figure in the 

 ' Vogel Afrikas.' I do not like to describe the Camaroou 

 birds as new, as I have not been able to compare them with 

 East African specimens. 



[These birds were said by the men who shot them to have 

 been found in the forest, on or near the ground, like Neo- 

 cossyphus poensis. The stomach contained fragments of 

 insects, in one case grasshoppers or crickets. — G. L. B.] 



217. Neocossyphus poensis. 



Neocossyphus poensis (Strickl.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, 

 p. 475 3 Reichenow, A (ig. Afrikas, iii. p. 676. 



