Birds from Camaroon. 355 



DiCRURUS SHARPII. 



Dicrurus sharpei Oust. ; Reicheuow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. 

 p. 65.2 (1903). 



Nos. 614, 1404, 1578. c^ ad.; 711, 1579, 1664. ? ad. 

 River Ja, March, April, June. Testes large : eggs forming. 



Nos. 2163. c? ; 2103, 2418. ? ad. Bitje, River Ja, Nov., 

 Jan., April. 



[This species has been observed in the small trees of 

 old clearings, and, perhaps, does not venture out into the 

 depths of the forest, where D. atripennis is at home. — 

 G. L. B.] 



Oriolus galbula. 



Oriolus galbula Linn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 191 (1877). 



Oriolus oriolus (Linn., 1758); Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. 

 p. 654 (1903). 



a. $ juv. Efulen, April 8, 1902. 



Oriolus nigripennis. 



Oriolus nigripennis Verr. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 220 (1877) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 661 (1903). 

 No. 12. ? ad. River Ja, Jan. 1903. "Ejakoa.'' 

 No. 728. Ad. Efulen. Shot and skinned by a native. 

 Nos. 2136, 2217. $ ad. Bitje, River Ja, Jan. 1907. 



Oriolus l^tior. 



Oriolus IcEtior Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. vii. p. xvii (1897) ; id. 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 155. 



Oriolus larvatus IfBtior Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 661 

 (1903). 



a,b. c? ? . Efulen, Jan. 2-17, 1902. '^Ejakoa.^' 



c. S . Efulen, July 10, 1902. 



d. S ■ V Dec. 29, 1902. 



Nos. 875, 914. ^ ? ad. Efulen, July 11, 15, 1905. 

 No. 1088. S ad. Zima Country, Oct. 8, 1905. 

 The female is decidedly duller and greener in colour than 

 the male, and does not shew the conspicuous yellow hind- 



