350 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



15. NlGRITA LUTEIFRONS J. & E. VeiT. 



1st grit a luteifrons Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, 

 p. 4.20 ; Bocage, Jorn.Lisb. (2) iv. p. 9 (1895 : Fernando Po) ; 

 Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 368 (1896); Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) 

 vii. p. 36 (1903). 



Nigrita lucieni Sliarpe & Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 

 iii. p. 75 (1878); Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 369 (1896) ; Salvad. 

 Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 112. 



a. Ad. <f $. Ribola, Oct. 31, 1902. 



b. Ad. $ . Ribola, Nov. 2, 1902. 



c. Imm. ?. Badasou, Nov. 11, 1902. 



d. Ad. 6. Besoso, Nov. 13, 1902. 



e. Ad. 6 d • Bakaki, Nov. 14, 1902. 



Ad. 6 • Ribola, Oct. 31, 1902. Total length (measured 

 in flesh) 4'4 inches, culmen 0*45, wing 2 # 4, tail T8, tarsus 

 055. Iris black ; bill black ; legs and feet flesh-coloured. 



Ad. ? . Ribola, Oct. 31, 1902. Total length (measured 

 in flesh) 4*3 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 2*3, tail 1*69, tarsus 

 5. Coloration of soft parts as in male. Breeding. 



Locally distributed, and fond of frequenting the tops of 

 tall palm-trees, where it nests. We often observed it iu 

 sunny spots hawking in the air for flies. 



It is very interesting to have come across both a male and 

 a female of this species, as the latter sex was previously 

 considered to belong to another species — Nigrita lucieni. 



Range. Fernando Po, Cameroon, Gaboon, and the Congo. 



16. Nigrita fusconota Fraser. 



Nigrita fusconotus Fraser, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 145 (Clarence, 

 Fernando Po : type, Brit. Mus.) ; Allen & Thomson, Narr. 

 Exped. Niger, ii. p. 501 (1818 : Fernando Po) ; Fraser, 

 Zool. Typ. pi. xlix. (1849). 



Nigrita fusconota Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 130 (1857: 

 Fernando Po) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 371 (1896) ; Bocage, 

 Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 36 (1903 : Fernando Po) ; Salvad. Orn. 

 Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 112. 



Nigrita pinaronota Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 318 

 (1890 : Fernando Po). 



