from the Camaroon Country. 127 



No. 2348. S ad. Bitye, River Ja, March 16, 1907. 



No. 2491. ? ad. „ „ April 25, 1907. 



Nos. 2615, 2641. S ad. Between Kribi and Efulen, 

 July 11, 18, 1907. 



The immature birds have the tips of the greater wing- 

 coverts and innermost secondaries bright chestnut ; the 

 breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts are also more 

 fulvous. 



I find that the character o£ the black face is well sustained 

 in the above-mentioned series, and that the species is quite 

 easily distinguished. At the same time I think it extremely 

 probable that Dr. Reichenow^s Callene hypoleuca is the 

 young of Alethe alexandri, in which case the former name 

 will have priority, and the species will have to be called 

 Alethe hypoleuca (Reichenow). 



An immature bird in the Museum from Camaroon 

 [Crossley : spec, cof the * Catalogue of Birds,^ vol. vii. p. 58, 

 s. n. A. castanea) is really the young of A. alexandri. 



[All my specimens have been trapped on the ground in 

 the forest. The bird feeds on insects, such as are found on 

 the ground. — G. L. B.] 



219. Alethe castanea. 



Alethe castanea (Cass.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1902, p. 91 ; id. 

 Hand-1. B. iv. p. 168 (1903) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. 

 p. 747 (1905). 



No. 356. o ad. Como River, 60 miles from Gaboon, 

 July 22, 1893. 



a. ^ ad. Como River, July 11, 1896. 



b. (J juv. Batanga, Dec. 5, 1901. 



c. ? ad. Benito River, French Congo, Feb. 15, 1901. 

 "Nzok ntyon.-" 



d. ? ad. Efulen, Nov. 18, 1901. 



e. ? ad. „ March 25, 1902. 



No. 122. S juv. Efulen, April 10, 1903. 



No. 151. ? ad. „ May 6, 1903. 



No. 388. ? juv. „ March 24, 1904. 



No. 355. ? juv. „ Nov. 15, 1904. 



