252 ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCHES 



Anthothrcptes rectirostris^ Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. IX. p. 119. 

 7 specimens , amongst which a matched pair , Schieffe- 



linsville (Junk R.). 

 »Iris brown, bill and feet black." 



34. Prinia mystacea, Rüpp. 



Butt. 1. c. p. 171. 



1 specimen, Monrovia. 



35. Phylloscopus trochilus (L.). 



Seebohm, Cat. Birds Br. Mus. V. p. 56 (1881). 

 1 specimen, Monrovia. 



36. Camaroptera brevicaudata (Cretzschm.). 



Butt. 1. c. p. 173. 



1 specimen (cf) , SchiefFelinsville (Junk R.). 



37. Sy Ivietta Stamp f Hi , n. sp. 



aS. flaviventri similis , sed mento , gulae medio et ahdomine 

 cinerascente albis. 



This species stands between S. virens Cass. (Gaboon) and 

 jiaviventris Sharpe (Gold Coast). From the first it differs 

 by the yellow color of the chest and centre of the breast, 

 and by its somewhat brighter olive-green upper surface, 

 while from flaviventris it differs in having chin and middle 

 of throat dusky white, the sides of breast and abdomen 

 pure white and the flanks ashy instead of olive-green. The 

 full description of the Liberian species is as follows: 



General color above olive-green , crown , occiput , lores 

 and a broad streak through the eye dusky brown , lesser 

 wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts like the back, greater 

 wing-coverts, inner quills and tail-feathers brown, edged 

 with the color of the back. The first and second primary 

 have somewhat paler brown edgings , while the third , fourth 

 and fifth are edged with silvery gray. Sides of face and a 

 crescent-shaped band across the lower throat brownish 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum , "Vol. VIII. 



