370 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



50. Camaroptera superciliaris (Fraser). 

 Sylvicolasuperciliaris Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 3 (Clarence, 



Fernando Po : type, Brit. Mus.) ; id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 xii. p. 440 (1843). 



Prinia icterica Strickl. P. Z. S. 1844, p. 100 (Fernando 

 Po) ; id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xv. p. 126 (1845) ; Allen 

 & Thomson, Narr. Exped. Niger, ii. App. p. 495 (1848 : 

 Fernando Po). 



Chloropeta icterica Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 17 (Fernando 

 Po) ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 60 (1857). 



Camaroptera svperciliaris Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii. p. 171 

 (1883: Fernando Po) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 963 (1896); 

 Salvad. Orn. Golfo di Guinea, iii. p. 109. 



Drymoica icterica Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 203. no. 2867 

 (1869: Fernando Po) . 



a. Ad. <J. Sipopo, Nov. 11, 1902. Total length 3*78 

 inches, culmen 0'62, wing 1*9, tail 1*2, tarsus 08. Iris 

 bright hazel ; exposed part of throat bluish lead-coloured ; 

 legs and feet reddish flesh-coloured. Breeding. 



b. Ad. S- Sipopo, Nov. 7, 1902. 



c. Ad. <$. Bakaki, Nov. 15, 1902. 



d. Ad. <?. Bilelipi, Nov. 24, 1902. 



e. Ad. ? . Bilelipi, Nov. 24, 1902. Total length 36 

 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 1*8, tail 1'2, tarsus 0*7. 



This species is locally distributed and is confined to the more 

 open bush-grown and cultivated country outside the forest. 



The note of the male is a rich metallic " chee-up." It is 

 ventriloquial and can be heard at a considerable distance. 



51. Camaroptera flavigularis Reichen. 

 Camaroptera flavigularis Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 965 (1S96). 



a. Ad. <$. Basakato, Nov. 12, 1902. Total length 4 

 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 2*05, tail 1'5, tarsus 0'75. Bill 

 black ; iris hazel ; exposed portion on throat bright bluish 

 lead-coloured ; legs blackish brown ; feet brown. 



b. Ad. ? . Basakato, Nov. 12, 1902. Total length 3*45 

 inches, culmen 06, wing 1*9, tail P3, tarsus 065. Coloration 

 as in male. 



