Birds of Fernando Po. 3G7 



more marked, while tlie under parts are dirty white washed 

 with dull fulvous on the breast and flanks. 



This species can always be distinguished from its 

 congeners by the more sharply defined pattern in the 

 plumage of the under parts and the greater predominance 

 of white in the coloration. 



Range. Fernando Po, Cameroon, Gaboon, and French 

 Congo. 



45. Turdinus batesi Sharpe. 



Turdinus batesi Sharpe, Ibis, 1902, p. 94, pi. iv. fig. 2. 



Ad. tf. Bakaki, 4000 ft., Nov. 19, 1902. Breeding. 



Total length (measured in flesh) 6"1 inches, culmen 75, 

 wing 3, tail 2'2, tarsus l'l. 



Iris brown, eyelids bluish slate-coloured ; upper mandible 

 brownish black, lower slaty horn-coloured ; legs and feet 

 pinkish flesh-coloured. 



Rare. Frequents thick bush and is confined to the hills. 

 The note of the male is a clear whistle, which becomes very 

 persistent towards dusk. 



Range. Cameroon and Fernando Po. 



The type of this species was obtained by Mr. Bates at 

 Efulen, Cameroon, June 3, 1901. 



46. Stiphrornis gabonensis (Sharpe). 



Stiphrornis gabonensis Bocagc, Jorn. Lisb. (2) iv. p. 9 

 (1895 : Fernando Po) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 923 (189G) j 

 Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 35 (1903 : Fernando Po) ; 

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



a. Ad. <J. Ribola, Nov. 2, 1902. Total length (measured 

 in flesh) 5 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 2*8, tail 1*7, tarsus 09. 

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



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



c. Ad. (J. Sipopo, Nov. 3, 1902. 



d. Ad. cJ. Sipopo, Nov. 4, 1902. 



e. Imm. £ . Sipopo, Nov. 6, 1902. 

 /. Imm. Bakaki, Nov. 9, 1902. 



g. Ad. S • Badasou, Nov. 11, 1902. 



Immature. Differs from the adult in its pale yellow bill, 



