364 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



the upper parts being dark olive-greenish in colour, and tne 

 under parts dark ashy grey washed with olive. 



I have not a doubt that the locality of S. gracilirostris 

 has been erroneously marked, and that it was obtained by 

 Fraser on the mainland and not on Fernando Po. 



Ad. S . Near Ribola, Nov. 2, 1902. 



41. Criniger calurus (Cass.). 



Criniger calurus Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 873 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. hi. p. 316 (1901). 



a. Ad. rf. Ribola, Nov. 2, 1902. 



b. Ad. 6 . Ribola, Nov. 2, 1902. 



Iris claret-red ; bill bluish horn-coloured ; legs and feet 

 slaty blue. Breeding. 



c. Ad. tf . Sipopo, Nov. 6, 1902. 



d. Ad. Lakha, Nov. 8, 1902. 



Found in the woods in the vicinity of the coast. Not 

 common. 



42. Criniger tricolor (Cass.). 



Criniger tricolor Sharpe, Hand-1. B. hi. p. 317 (1901). 



Pyrrhurus tricolor Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 892 (1896). 



Ad. (J. Sipopo, Nov. 4, 1902. Total length (measured 

 in flesh) 7 inches, wing 3*2, culmen 0'8, tail 3*1, tarsus 0'7. 

 Upper mandible dark brown, lower greenish horn-coloured ; 

 legs and feet slate-coloured. Breeding. 



Ad. $ . Bilelipi, Nov. 25, 1902. Total length (measured 

 in flesh) 5*9 inches, wing 2*8, culmen 0*71, tail 2'7, 

 tarsus 0'7. 



Common in the woods at the foot of the hills, frequenting 

 the tops of leafy trees, which it examines quietly and 

 diligently for insects. The note is "hi-hee," deliberately 

 repeated several times. 



43. Phyllostrophus poensis. 



Phyllostrophus 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. 



Adult. Similar to P. placidus (Criniger placidus Shelley, 

 B. Afr. i. p. 63), but with the entire crown brown slightly 



