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54. Xenocichla eximia (Hartl.). 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 179; id. 1886, p. 255. 



Amongst the few specimeus , collected at Schieffelinsville 

 and Hill Town , there is an immature female (N°. 35) from 

 the latter place with a very interesting transitional stage 

 of plumage. The specimen has nearly assumed the plumage 

 of the adult bird, but some feathers on hind neck, scapu- 

 lars, the greater wing-coverts and primary-coverts entirely 

 and the rest of the wing-coverts partially , as well as the 

 tips to the quills and some feathers on the back , are rusty 

 red. A reddish tinge is also visible on the flanks , on some 

 feathers of the throat and on the fore-head. One might 

 therefore conclude that in young birds the whole plumage 

 will have a rusty red color. The whole first half of the 

 bill and the edges of the bill entirely , are yellow , iris 

 brown, feet pale flesh-color. 



Like in the former species the male is always larger 

 than the female and this difference is especially striking 

 in the size of the bill. 



55. Xenocichla canicapilla (Hartl.). 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. 178; id. 1886, p. 255. 



Several specimens from Schieffelinsville and Hill Town. 



56. Crinig er barbatus (Temm.). 



Butt. N. L. M. 1885, p. J 78; id. 1886, p. 255. 

 Adult male and female , Hill Town. 



57. Crinig er verreauxi. 



Trichophorus gularis, Swaina. B. W. Afr. II. p. 266 (1837) (nee 



Horsf.); — Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 82. 

 Criniger verreauxi, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 21 (1871); id. Cat. Birds 



Br. Mus. VI. p. 73, pi. 4. (1881). 



Two adult females, from Schieffelinsville and Hill Town. 

 Iris brown , bill and feet grayish horn-color. 

 In brushwood and low forest. 



Notes frora the Leyden IMiiseum, Vol. X. 



