356 Dr. E. B. Sliarpe on 



neck so pronouncedly. Some of the males are pervaded with 

 a stain of orange-chestnut over the yellow colour. 



Nos. 1180, 1437. ^ ad. et juv. ; 1155. ? ad. River Ja, 

 Dec. 1905, Feb. 18, 1906. Testes large. 



No. 1641. ? ad. River Ja, March 31, 1906. Eggs 

 forming. 



No. 2526. S ad. Bitje, River Ja, May 21, 1907. 



[This is a bird frequently seen, and still more frequently 

 heard. Its favourite haunts are the tall trees left growing in 

 clearings, but it is also met with in the forest — in fact, it is 

 found wherever there are caterpillars to eat. Its clear, loud, 

 whistling call is imitated in the native name ^^eja-koa'^; 

 sometimes only a part of these syllables are uttered. — 

 G. L. B.] 



PCEOPTERA LUGUBRIS. 



Pceoptera lugubris Bp. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. 

 p. 281 (1877); Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 705 (1903). 



a, b. S ad. et juv. Efulen, March 14, 1902. 



No. 79. S ad. River Ja, Feb. 1903. 



Nos. 1273, 1274. S ? ad. River Ja, Jan. 8, 1906. 

 Ovaries granular and testes rather large. 



Nos. 1401, 1402. S ; 1403. ? ad. River Ja, Feb. 9, 1906. 

 Eggs being developed and testes large. 



Lamprocolius purpureiceps. 



Lamprocolius imrpureiceps Verr. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 184 (1890) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 685 

 (1903). 



Nos. 323, 609, 1174, 1240. S ad. et imm. ; 282, 1239. 

 $ ad. River Ja, Dec, Jan., and June. 



Nos. 819, 901. J ? ad. Efulen, June, July. 



Nos. 2193. S; 2137,2138. ? ad. Bitje, River Ja, Jan. 

 1907. 



[All my specimens of this bird were obtained in the wild 

 fruit-trees of the old clearings around the villages. It is 

 especially fond of the berries of the '' Atondu " tree, whence 

 its native name. It is a silent bird. — Gr. L. B.] 



