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reddish horn-coloured., brownish at tip ; legs and feet of a 

 dirty claret-colour. 



Not common. Frequents the tops of the tall trees. 



39. Bleda tephuol^ma (Gray). 



Criniger tephrolamus Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 877 (1896). 



Bleda tephrolama Sharpe, Hand-1. B. iii. p. 321 (1901). 



This species is widely distributed in the wooded hills 

 throughout the island. We obtained a large series. 



Ad. s. Ribola, Nov. 1, 1902. Iris hazel; bill black; 

 legs and feet greenish. 



In the immature bird the crown is brownish grey, and the 

 under parts from the throat downwards are obscure greenish 

 olive, with little or no trace of yellow except on the centre 

 of the abdomen. 



40. Stelgidillas poensis. 



Stelgidillas poensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 35 

 (1903) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 39 (1903); Salvad. 

 Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 111. 



Stelgidillas gracilirostris Salvad. (uec Strickl.) ; Salvad. 

 Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 111. 



Adult male. Similar to S. gracilirostris (Strickl .), but having 

 the upper parts yellowish olive ; entire crown cinereous ; 

 chin and throat whitish, remainder of under parts pale ashy 

 grey, becoming pale creamy buff on the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts. 



Total length 7*2 inches, culmen 0*8, wing 3'2, tail 3*0, 

 tarsus 8. Iris bright hazel; bill, legs, and feet dark 

 brown. (Type- Sipopo, Nov. 8, 1902.) 



Adult female. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 

 3-1, tail 32, tarsus 0-7. [Type. Near Bibola, Nov. 2, 

 1902.) 



The notes of this species are a series of clear whistles. 



The type of S. gracilirostris (Strickl.), which is in the 

 British Museum, is said to have come from Fernando Po, 

 but I find that it does not agree with my birds from that 

 island, but does agree with the ordinary continental form, 

 which has the crown of the head uniform with the back, 



