74 ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCHES 



38. Stiphr ornis erythrothorax. 



Stiphrornis erythrothorax, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1855, p. 355 (ex Temm. 

 Mus. Lugd.); id. Oru. W. Afr. p. 63 ; — Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 Br. Mus. VII. p. 173, pi. VI. fig. 1 (1883). 



Two adult cT , one jun. cT » one adult 9» 



Junk- and Du Queah River. 



Both adult males have the cheeks and moustaches gray- 

 ish black, especially the latter; one of them has moreover 

 a more brownish tinge on its upper surface and the wing- 

 coverts grayish black instead of ashy gray. The younger 

 male (N" 145) has the cheeks pale ashy , and no dark 

 moustachial streak at all. The whole chin and throat is 

 orange-rufous , greater wing-coverts and secondaries tipped 

 with rufous, the latter edged with the same color. The 

 female has the cheeks uniform ashy , and no dark mousta- 

 chial streak. As it wants the rufous markings on the wings 

 entirely , I consider it to be a fully adult vspecimen. 



Iris brown , bill black , in the younger male yellowish at 

 the gape, feet flesh-color. 



This species lives in thick brushwood and in the under- 

 growth of low forest. Its song is soft and agreeable. 



39. Motacilla vidua, Sundev. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 173; — Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. X. 

 p. 488 (1885). 



Found on the Du Queah , the St. John's-, Cess- and Sinoe 

 River , along the rapids and falls , like on the St. Paul's 

 R. during my first visit to Liberia. 



40. Motacilla flava, Linn. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 174; id. 1886, p. 253; — Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds Br. Mus. X. p. 516 (1885). 



At the same localities as M. vidua , and somewhat far- 

 ther down the rivers. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseutn, Vol. X. 



