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Ixos ashanteus et /. inornatus , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 88. 



Pycnonotus harbatus, Sharpe , Cat. Birds Br. Mus. VI. 

 p. 146. 



Hab. West Africa, from the Gambia to the Congo. 



Collected , with nests and eggs, at Buluma and Robertsport. 



The commonest bird in whole Liberia, especially in the 

 Coast region , where it lives in open country , in the gar- 

 dens of towns and villages and in coffee-plantations. Although 

 it is not at all sparing its voice , I cannot agree with some 

 authors who class it amongst the best vocalists of Western 

 Africa. Its song is a loud, not unmelodious »chee, chee'- 

 cheeguah and is generally the first sound which calls the 

 attention of the naturalist after he has set foot on shore. 



Iris reddish brown, bill and feet black. 



The nest is a nice cup of about three inches wide , very 

 neatly and thoroughly built from small roots and inter- 

 woven leaves, but without any lining, and is fixed in the 

 fork of a branch , preferably of plum-trees [Mangifera indica). 

 The eggs, generally two in number, are pale rose-color, 

 densely stipped with brown and violet spots. Axis 2,2 cm., 

 diameter 1,6 cm. 



Terp si phone nigriceps. 



Tschitrea nigriceps^ Hartl. J. f. 0. 1855, pp. 355, 361; 

 id. Orn. W. Afr. p. 91. 



Terpsiphone nigriceps, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 306; 

 id. Cat. Birds Br. Mus. IV. p. 359. 



Hab. West Afiica, from Senegambia to the Gold Coast. 



Collected at Buluma (Fisherman Lake). 



This bird is found in company with different other species 

 which sometimes swerve in whole flocks through the high 

 forest in search of insects. 



Iris black , wattles round the eye , bill and feet cobalt-blue. 



Bias musicus. 



Platyrhynchus musicus , Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXV H. 

 p. 15. 



Notes from the Leyclen IMuseuin , "Vol. VII. 



