384 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE ETJWENZOKI EXPEDITION. 



Tlie bill of the female is considerably shorter than that of the male. 

 d . Culmen from nasal opening to tip CK50 inch ; wing 4 - 3 ; tail 3"9. 

 2. ^ „ „ „ 0-33 „ ; „ 4-0; „ 3-9. 



Iris hazel or dark chestnut ; bill black ; feet grey or light green. 

 [This handsome Yellow Bulbul was very plentiful in the Mpanga Forest, east of 

 Ruwenzori. They appeared to frequent the tree-tops exclusively and were never seen 

 among the undergrowth. They have a very beautiful clear song of great volume, 

 1 think the finest I have ever heard in Africa. — B. B. W.~\ 



Bleda woosnami Grant. (Plate XVII. fig. 2, d .) 



Bleda woosnami Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 87 (1907). 



d. 



a-e. d ? . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 15th-23rd Sept. [Nos. 515, 554 *, 

 558. B. E. 1). ■ 3584, 3596 *. li. B. W.] 



This species is most nearly allied to B. syndactyla (Swains.), but the bill, especially 

 in the male, is much shorter and the yellow on the throat and underparts is of a much 

 brighter colour. Iris hazel ; bill grey ; feet dull flesh-colour. 



d . Total length 8*8 inches ; wing 4-2-4-30 ; tail 3-8-4-1 ; tarsus 1*15. 



?. „ 7-8 „ ; „ 3-9-3-95; „ 3-3-3-4; „ 10. 



[A few examples of AVoosnam's Yellow Bulbul were met with in the Mpanga Forest, 

 east of Ruwenzori. They were always seen in the tall undergrowth, and not in the 

 trees. Late in the evening I once or twice heard this bird attempting to sing, but the 

 result was only a combination of several harsh loud notes. — B. B. W.~\ 



Andropadus indicator. (Verr.). 



Phyllastrephus indicator Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 390 (1904). 



Bleda indicator Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 539 [Toro] ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 460 [Cameroon]. 



Bleda batesi Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiv. p. 19 (1903) [S. Cameroon] ; id. Ibis, 1904, p. 634. 



a. d . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 20th Sept. [No. 3592. B. B. W.~] 



b. 2 . 80 miles N.W. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 15th Aug. [No. 3549. 

 B. B. W.] 



d . Iris white ; bill black ; feet dark grey. 

 2 . Iris greenish-grey ; bill black ; feet dark grey. 



Mr. Jackson has already called attention to the difference in the colour of the eye in 

 the male and female. 



B. batesi Sharpe appears to be founded on immature birds, which have the outer 

 tail-feathers pure white. This is clearly proved by a female specimen [No. 290] from 

 the River Ja, received from Mr. Bates. This bird has the tail in partial moult — 

 one side retaining the feathers of the first plumage, which are pure white, while 



* Types of the species. 



