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Oriolus barujii, Bonap. Consp. I p. 347; — Schl. Mus. 

 P.-B. Coraces, p. 109. 



Hab. West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Gaboon. 



Three specimens (males) collected near Sofore Place , St. 

 Paul's River. Also observed in the district of Grand Cape 

 Mount. 



All these specimens being diiferent from each other in 

 size and in the color of the four middle tail-feathers , I cannot 

 but agree vrith Mr. Sharpe , who considers 0. barujfii Bonap. 

 (Schl. Cat Coraces) to be identical with 0. brachyrhynchus. 

 The principal reason of Prof. Schlegel for the separation 

 of 0. barujfii was its smaller size. The mesurements of the wing 

 in my three birds now show that one of them is larger, 

 the other as large and the third smaller than our largest 

 0. barujfii. One of them has the outer pair of the four 

 olive-green median tail-feathers very largely, the other 

 only a little and the last not at all marked with black, 

 notwithstanding they are killed at about the same time, 

 the first being shot in August, the second in September, 

 and the third in October. Their song is very much like 

 that of 0. galbula , interrupted now and then by a kind of 

 mewing, like that of a cat. 



Iris red , bill cherry-brown , feet lead-color. 



Pholidauges leucog aster. 



Turdus leucogaster, Gm. Syst. Nat. p. 819. 



Pholidauges leucog aster , Cab. Mus. Hein. I. p 198; — 

 Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 120; — F. & Hartl. Vög. 0. Afr. 

 p. 376. 



Hab. West Africa, from the Senegal to the Gaboon; 

 North Eastern Africa. 



A large series collected along the Fisherman Lake. 



This species exclusively inhabits the open country , espe- 

 cially grassy plains, interrupted with small trees and thickets. 

 There it is found sitting in small families together , exposed 

 to the hot sun which seems not to cause it any annoyance. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseum, "Vol. "VII. 



