346 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on 



Nos. 678, 683, 696, 1295, 1300, 1776. (^ ad.; 659, 681, 

 698. ? ad. et imra. River Ja, June 1904 to Jau. 1906. 



Testes large in male, eggs forming in female. 



Nos. 2111, 2127. ? ad. Bitje, River Ja, Dee. 1906, 

 Jan. 1907. 



The adult male and female are alike in plumage. I notice 

 that, as a rule, the birds from Sierra Leone and thence to 

 the Gold Coast are more of a slaty grey than those from 

 Camaroon, Gaboon, and the Congo. 



[Those obtained in June 1904 were trapped under palm- 

 trees, where they had come to peck at the oily husk of the 

 palm-nuts. Some of the others had small larvse in their 

 stomachs. — G. L. B.] 



NiGRITA CANICAPILLA. 



Nigrita canicapilla (Strickl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mas. 

 xiii. p. 315 (1890); Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 170 

 (1904). 



a-f. Nos. 737, 924, 968, 993, 1043, 1044, 1688. juv., S ? 

 ad. Efulen, July 22, 1901, to Aug. 1905. " Mbote-fum.^' 



Nos. 608,666,716, 1220. S ? ad. ; 1915. Juv. River Ja, 

 June 1904 to August 1906. 



No. 2128. S ad. Bitje, River Ja, Jan. 1907. 



[Some of these specimens were trapped under palm-trees 

 and had been eating palm-nuts. Others had been eating 

 small seeds. The bright yellow irides, together with the 

 black under parts and whitish upper parts, give to these little 

 grey birds a very peculiar appearance. — G. L. B.] 



Nigrita luteifrons. 



JSiiyrita luteifrons Verr. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 317 (1890) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 168 (1904). 



a-d. Nos. 386, 856, 930, 992, 1006, 1032, 1061. S ? ad. 

 et imm. Efulen, July 23, 1901, to Aug. 1905. " Mbote- 

 fum." 



The female is grey below, not black : it is very likely 

 that my N. lucieni is the hen of N. luteifrons. 



Pytelia schlegeli. 



Pytelia schlegeli Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 482, pi. xiv. 

 figs. 2, 3; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 301 (1890). 



