350 MALiaiBUS CASSINl 



ciu-ed specimens at Agorae Tongwe and at Misabobe ; but tbe 

 species bas not yet been recorded from tbe country between 

 Togolaud and Camaroons. From tbe latter district tbere are 

 in the British Museum two of Crossley's specimens and one 

 procured by Mr. C. L. Bates at the Rio Benito in the Frencb 

 Congo. An immature bird, apparently of this species, from 

 Camai'oons, has been described by Dr. Reichenow as Sycobius 

 rnhriceits, and I see he refers to it some of the specimens from 

 Togoland. In Gaboon Du Ohaillu met with the species at 

 the Muni and Gamma Rivers. On the Loango Coast the type 

 was discovered by Perrein at Malimba. Falkenstein met with 

 it at Chinchonso, and there is a specimen in the British 

 Museum from Laudana, obtained there by my late friend Mr. 

 T. Thomson. 



The eggs of this species, according to Mr. Nehrkorn, are 

 deep bluish green and measure 0'84 x 0'56. 



Malimbus cassiDi. 



Sycobius cassini, Elliot, Ibis, 1859, p. 392 Gaboon. 



Malimbus cassini, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 461, pi. 13, fig. 1 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



B. M. xiii. p. 482 (1890) ; Shelley B. Afi-. I. No. 483 (1896) ; Eeichen. 



Vog. Afr. iii. p. 19 (1904). 



Adult male. Forehead, crown, hinder half of the ear-coverts, upper half 



of the neck all round and entire front of the neck bright scarlet, remainder 



of the plumage black. " Bill black ; feet and legs brown " (Elliot). Total 



length 6 inches, culmeu 08, wing 3-5, tail 2-4, tarsus 0'8. Type. 



Cassia's Malimbe inhabits Gaboon and Angola. 



The type is one of Verreaux's specimens from Gaboon. I 

 suppose Mr. Elliot quoted Verreaux's notes when he wrote : 

 " Like the other species of the genus, it frequents the edges 

 of the forests in small flocks, feeding chiefly on seeds. The 

 nest is suspended from the branch of a lofty tree, is roughly 

 made, and is entered by an opening in the side. Tlie species 



