402 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



S.MITHORNIS RUFOLATERALIS G. B,. Gray. 

 Smithornis rufolateralis Reich. Vug. Afr. ii. p. 471 (1903) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 452. 

 Smithornis camerunensis Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, p. 469 [ <$ , no. 456, Efulen, Cameroon]. 



a. 6 . Mawambi, E. Congo Forest, 2000 ft., 30th Oct. [No. S647. 11. B. 71'.] 



A male of this species procured in the Bugoma Forest, Unyoro, was presented to 



the British Museum by Dr. C. Christy. 



[Gray's Broad-billed Flycatcher was met with throughout the journey through the 



Congo Forest, but was not very numerous. It inhabits the darkest parts of the forest 



where the trees are tallest, but does not frequent the tree-tops. Its note is exactly the 



same as that of 8. camerunensis Sharpe. — B. B. W.~\ 



Smithornis sharpei Alexander. 



Smithornis sharpei Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 31 (1902) [Fernando Po] ; id. Ibis, 1903, 



p. 384, pi. vii. 

 Smithornis zenkeri Reich. Orn. Monatsb. xi. p. 41 (1903); id. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 724 (1903) ; 



Bates, Ibis, 1905, p. 95; Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 452 [S. Cameroon]. 



a. 6 imm.3 20 miles N. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 11th Aug. 

 [No. 1773. I). C] 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black, lower mandible whitish ; feet pale green. 



The description of the bird from Fernando Po was published by Mr. Boyd 

 Alexander on the 23rd of December, 1902, while Dr. Reichenow's description of 

 S. zenkeri, did not appear till 1903, consequently the former name has priority. 

 I have compared examples from Fernando Po with Cameroon specimens and they 

 appear to be perfectly similar. 



Mr. Alexander ('Ibis,' 1903, p. 385) has expressed the opinion that S. zenkeri differs 

 from S. sharpei, but with the material now available for comparison I cannot see that 

 this is really the case. 



The specimen in the present collection does not appear to be fully mature : the bill 

 is less broad than in Cameroon birds in the British Museum ; the wing-coverts are 

 more conspicuously edged with rufous ; and the white patch on the throat is tinged 

 with yellow. All these characters are probably signs of immaturity. 



Mr. Bates, in his paper quoted above, gives some interesting notes on the habits of this 

 species. He mentions the loud rattling noise made by the male, his remarks bearing 

 out what Mr. Woosnam has written above of S. camerunensis and 8. rufolateralis. 



Artomyias fuliginosa Verr. 

 Arlomyias fuliginosa Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 462 (1903) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 452 [Efulen, 

 Cameroon]. 



a-c. d 2 . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 23rd & 24th July. [Nob. 2430. 

 G. L.\ 3519, 3520. B. B. W.] 



