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41. Anthus py rrhonotus (Vieill.). 



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

 Birds Br. Mus. X. p. 555 (1885). 



This species is spread over whole Liberia , as I found it in 

 all the places I visited between Grand Cape Mount and 

 Cape Palmas , from which latter place it is moreover re- 

 corded by Fraser. 



42. Pitta ang olensis, Vieill. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 175. 



Only a few specimens procured in Hill Town. Two spe- 

 cimens of this beautiful bird, which were caught in sna- 

 res, I kept, alive for a few weeks, together w\i}x FrancoH- 

 nus lathami, and fed them with the larvae of Termês mor- 

 dax , which were very abundant in the forests of that country. 



43. Cossypha": cy ano campter. 



Bessonornis cyanocampter, Bp, Consp. I. p. 301. 

 Cossypha cyanocampter, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1855, p. 360; id. Ora. W. 

 Afr. p. 76; - Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. VII. p. 40 (1883). 



This bird is an inhabitant of brushwood and low forest, 

 but seems to be very rare on the Du Queah, only one 

 specimen being obtained, 



Iris brown , bill black , feetjgrayish brown. 



44. Cossypha /> o ë n s i s /[Strickl. 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 176; id. 1886, p. 253. 



Only one specimen procured at Schiefifelinsville. 



45. Cossypha leucosticta. 



Cossypha leucosticta, Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. VII. p. 44, 

 pi. 1 (1883). 



A nestling, received from a native at Hill Town. 

 Upper surface black , with a broad rusty red band across 



Notes from tlie Leyden Mixseum , "Vol. X. 



