362 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



sulphur-yellow : bill brown ; legs and feet greenish olive- 

 brown ; iris claret-red in male, hazel in female. 



In all our immature birds the bills are paler and the legs 

 and feet of a yellowish flesh-colour. 



This Bulbul was very common, meeting us at every turn. 

 In the morning and evening the undergrowth and fish-canes 

 used to resound with its loud hurriedly-rendered notes, some 

 of which were not unpleasant, closely resembling those of a 

 Calamocichla. 



36. Macrosphenus poensis. 



Macrosphenus poensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. 

 p. 36 (1903); Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 40 (1903); 

 Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 110. 



Adult male. Similar to M. jlavicans Cass., but head and 

 neck dark cinereous with no greenish tinge. Under parts 

 below neck greenish olive-yellow ; quills brownish black 

 edged externally with pale cinereous ; thighs pale cinereous : 

 bill black, underneath whitish horn-coloured ; legs and feet 

 slate-coloured ; iris lemon-yellow. Total length 5*2 inches, 

 culmen 072, wing 2*3, tail 2, tarsus 85. 



Only one specimen obtained, near Bilelipi, 4000 feet, 

 Nov. 25, 1902. 



37. Bleda notata (Cass.). 



Xenocichla notata Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 851 (1896). 

 Bleda notata Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 323 (1901). 



a. Imm. 6 . Bibola, Nov. 2, 1902. 



This specimen has the primary-coverts and broad tips 

 to the secondaries rusty reddish brown. 



b. Ad. 2 ■ Sipopo, Nov. 4, 1902. 



Bill blackish brown ; iris brown ; legs and feet of a whitish 

 flesh-colour. 



c. Ad. 2 • Sipopo, Nov. 7, 1902. 



38. Bleda serina (J. & E. Verr.). 



Byrrhurus serinus Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 894 (1896). 



Bleda serina Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 322 (1901). 



a. Ad. 6 6. Basupu, Oct. 30, 1902. Iris hazel; bill 



