— 396 — 



(Appears to be a very scarce and retiring bird. It was the only 

 one shot, it was feeding on ants and bénies. — W. P. L.) 



The group of birds including the gênera Criniger, Andropadus, 

 Phyllastrephiis, Bleda etc. are in such chaos, and in such need of 

 revision, that it is alniost impossible to say to which genus a bird 

 should belong. There is much to be said in fuvour ol Keichenow's 

 plan. 



Phyllastrephus albigularis. 



Xenocichla albigularis Sharpe, Cat. Birds. B. M., VI, 1881, 

 p. 103. — Type locality : Fantee, Gold Coast. 



The only two spécimens of the White-throated Bulbiil from 

 Soutern Nigeria were obtained by Mr Lowe at the Iju water 

 Works during his last expédition. It certainly looks as if Rei- 

 chenow is correct in uniting X. albigularis Sharpe and X. leu- 

 colaema Sharpe. The great différence in size being due to 

 sex. 



There are four spécimens of so called albigularis in the British 

 Muséum : the type from Fantee, Gold Coast and two others Irom 

 Uganda and the Uelle River, while Mr W. P. Lowe obtained a 

 bird marked? c? (which however may quite possibly hâve been a ç) 

 near Lagos, S. Nigeria. 



The larger birds known as leucolaenia hâve been obtained from 

 the Upper Congo and the Semliki valley (D. Carruthers) and 

 another spécimen from Prahsu, Gold Coast (Bovd Alexander); 

 while the type was obtained in the Toro forest, Uganda. Now we 

 hâve received yet another bird, a non-breeding maie from Lagos, 

 S. Nigeria shot by Mr W. P. Lowe within 2 days of his securing 

 the small albigularis at the same place. 



The range coïncides to a remarkable extent, and allowing for 

 Alexanders Gold Coast spécimen having been wrongly determined 

 as a female (by no means unlikely), we hâve still another proof that 

 Reichenovv is correct in his surmise. 



