216 ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCHES 



Meg alaima duchaillui. 



Barbatula duchaillui, Cass. Proc. Acad. Nat. So. Pliilad. 

 1855, p. 324. 



Pogonids (Buccanodon) duchaillui, Hartl. Oru. W. Afr. 

 p. 171. 



Megalaima duchaillui, Goffin, Mus. P.-B., Buccones, 

 p. 39. 



Cladurus duchaillui, Echw. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 17. 



Xylohucco duchaillui, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 540. 



Hab. West Africa, from Liberia to the Loango Coast. 



A pair, collected at Soforé Place, shot in a high tree 

 in the virgin forest, where they sat side by side upon 

 a twig. 



Iris cherry-red, bill grayish black, feet lead-color. 



Megalaima leucolaima. 



Barbatula leucolaima, Verr. Rev, et Mag. de Zool. 1851, 

 p. 263; — Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 173 (except synon.); 

 — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p.. 539. 



Megalaima leucolaima , Goffin, Mus. P.-B., Buccones, p. 46. 



Megalaema hilineata, Rchw. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 17. 



Hab. West Africa, from the Senegal to the Loango 

 Coast. 



Collected in the forests behind Monrovia. 



Iris yellow, bill and feet grayish black. 



Megalaima hilineata Sund., considered identical with M. 

 leucolaima by Dr. Hartlaub , 1. c, and after him by Dr. 

 Reichenow (Expedition to the Loango Coast) , is a well- 

 defiued species , as shows a fine male , collected by Wahl- 

 berg, in the Leyden Museum. This latter differs from M. 

 leucolaima by its considerably larger size , and in the yellow 

 on the wings, which is strongly tinged with green. The 

 measurements of both species are as follows (in cm.): 



Notes from the Leyden TMuseuin, Vol. "VII. 



