330 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on 



Chlorophoneus batesi, sp. n. 



Chlorophoneus multicolor (Gray) pt,; Sharpe^, Hand-1. B. iv. 



p. 290; Keichenovv, Vog. Afrikas, ii p. 565. 



(J . Similis C. multicolori, sed subcaudalibus scarlatinis pectori 



concoloribus, cauda nigra, fascia scarlatina terminata 



distinguendns. Long. tot. 8'5 poll., culm. 0'8, alae 4'8, 



caudce 3*35, tarsi 12. 



Nos. 1226, 1258. ? ad. River Ja, Jan. 1, 7, 1906. Eggs 

 beginning to form. 



No. 1603. c? ad. River Ja, March 25, 1906. Testes very 

 large. 



The two females are like the male and have scarlet breasts, 

 but not so bright as in the male. The under tail-coverts 

 are yellow, scarcely washed with scarlet, and the abdomen 

 is not so red as in the male, being, in one of them, yellow 

 with a slight wash of scarlet. 



The male has the under tail-coverts scarlet like the breast, 

 and the tail is black, with a broad tip of orange-scarlet. In 

 this respect it differs from the two females, which have green 

 tails with pale orange tips, preceded by a slight shade of 

 blackish (in one specimen). According to the conclusions 

 of Prof. Reichenow and Prof. Neumann, C, multicolor is 

 not found in Camaroon ; and having compared Mr. Bates's 

 specimens with a good series from the Gold Coast, I believe 

 that the two species are distinct. 



Laniarius luehderi. 



Laniarius luehderi (Reichenow) ; Sjostedt, t. c. p. 77 ; 

 Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 584 (1903); Sharpe, Hand-1. 

 B. iv. p. 293 (1903). 



a-d. S ad. Efulen, Jan. 24 to July 3, 1902. "Nko'e 

 bikotok.'* 



e. ? ad. ; Nos. 524, 554, 595. <$ ad. River Ja, Jan. 1903 

 to May 1904. 



No. 1118. S juv. Zima Country, Oct. 12, 1905. 



Nos. 1312, 1528, 1777, 1798, 1880. S ; 1392, 1522, 1650. 

 $ ad. River Ja, Jan. 15, 1906, to August 2, 1906. 



No. 2064. pull. Bitje, River Ja, Nov. 12, 1906. 



The female does not differ from the male in colour. 



[One of the commonest birds in the thick, impenetrable 



