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Bryoscopus tricolor. 



Dnjoscopus senegalensis, var. tricolor Cab. & Reiclien. ; 

 Reieheuovv, Vog. A£nk;is, ii. p. 591 (1903). 



Bryoscopus tricolor Neum, J. f. O. 1899, p. 414. 



fl, b, ? ad. Efulen, March 1902. ^'Ntyam." 



No. 1801. ? . River Ja, June 25, 1906. 



No. 2088. ? . Bitje, River Ja, Nov. 21, 1900. 



It is certainly a very curious fact that there seems to be 

 considerable variation in this species : Prof. Reichenow 

 recognises three forms, all of which occur in Camaroon. 

 Mr. Bates has procured two grey-rumped females in March, 

 which seem to answer to Dr. Reichenow's race D. tricohr. 

 I think that these must be young birds, as both have an 

 ochraceous tinge on the under parts. 



The name of senegalensis for a species which does not 

 occur in Senegal is objectionable and misleading, and should, 

 I contend, be dropped. 



[This bird is abundant in the tops of the small trees of 

 old clearings, though it usually keeps out of sight. It is 

 remarkable for the variety of its call-notes. Three or four 

 different calls, supposed to be those of different species, 

 were at last, after patient watching, all traced to this bird. 

 One note seems to be used by the male to call his mate, 

 since it is always answered by a low churring sound not far 

 off. Once, after I had shot a female, its mate flew around 

 the place for a long time, uttering cries of distress. At 

 another time I saw a male puff up the white feathers on its 

 back. It flitted about with the big white " chrysanthemum " 

 on its back for several minutes, and then flattened its 

 feathers down again. — G. L. B.] 



Chaunonotus melanoleucus. 



Hapalophus melanoleucus Verreaux, Rev. INIag. de Zool. 

 1851, p. 312 (Gaboon). 



('haujionotus sabinei (nee J. E. Gray) ; Reichenow, Viig. 

 Afrikas, ii. p. 598 (1903), pt. ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iv. p. 298 

 (1903), pt. 



No. 774. ? ad. Efulen, June 13, 1905. 



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