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a. Ad. c? ? • Ribola, Nov. 2, 1902. 



A. Ad. s . Ribola, Nov. 2, 1902. Breeding. 



Ad. S. Total length (measured in flesh) 4"2 inches, 

 culmen 05, wing 2*1, tail 1*9, tarsus 0*56. Bill black ; 

 iris black ; legs and feet slaty grey. 



Ad. $ . Total length (measured in flesh) 381 inches, 

 culmen 0*4, wing 2, tail 1*6, tarsus 0"51. 



Rare. Found on high ground, frequenting the topmost 

 branches of tall trees in sunny clearings. 



The type of this species was obtained by Fraser in 

 Fernando Po. 



17. Cryptospiza. reichenowi (Hartl.). 



Cryptospiza reichenowi Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 234(1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 378 (1896). 



Cryptospiza ocularis Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. xiii. p. 8 

 (1902: Mt. Ruwenzori). 



Cryptospiza elizce Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 38 

 (1903) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 40 (1903) ; Salvad. 

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



Since my description of C. elizce was published, Professor 

 Reichenow has kindly forwarded to the British Museum the 

 type — a female — of C. reichenowi from Cameroon. After 

 comparing it carefully with C. eliza and with the type 

 of C. ocularis from Mount Elgon, East Africa, I have no 

 hesitation in making both these species synonymous with 

 C. reichenowi. 



In the ' Journal fur Ornithologie,' 1875 (pi. ii. fig. 1), 

 C. reichenowi is figured ; but the plate is misleading, since it 

 represents the coloration of the hind-neck and under surface 

 as bright olive-brown instead of yellowish olive-brown. 



Our two immature males are similar to the adult, but lack 

 the red round the eves and on the lores, the latter beins: 

 huffish brown, while the carmine- red on the back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts is less pronounced. Legs and feet whitish 

 brown. (Bakaki, November 14, 190:2.) 



Ad. 6 . Near Bakaki, 4000 ft., Nov. 20, 1902. Length 

 4 - 3 inches, culmen 05, wing 22, tail 1*45, tarsus 075. 

 Iris black ; bill slaty black; legs and feet brown. 



