378 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 40 (1903) ; Salvad. Orn. Golfo 

 d. Guinea, iii. p. 107. 



Adult male. Anterior portion of crown cinereous ; lores 

 blackish ; narrow eyebrow and remainder of upper parts 

 chestnut; quills dusky brown, outer webs chestnut; tail- 

 feathers brownish chestnut, inclining to chestnut on the 

 outer webs ; chin and throat white, washed with cinereous ; 

 remainder of under parts leaden grey ; middle of abdomen 

 white; under wing-coverts leaden grey : iris reddish hazel; 

 upper mandible black, lower slaty horn-coloured ; legs and 

 feet bluish slate-coloured. Total length 7*1 inches, culmen 

 0-8, wing 3-2, tail 2-85, tarsus 115. 



Rare. Our single specimen was obtained at an altitude 

 of 6000 feet. This species is shy and keeps much to the 

 ground in the forest. 



Named after Sir Ralph Moor, K.C.B., High Commissioner 

 of Southern Nigeria. 



62. Alethe poliocephala (Bp.). 



Trichophorus poliocephalus Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 262 

 (1850) ; Haiti. J. f. O. 1854, p. 25; id. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 85 

 (1857: Fernando Po). 



Criniger poliocephalus Finsch, J. f. O. 1867, p. 26 (Fer- 

 nando Po). 



Alethe castanonota Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 59, 

 pi. ii. (1883). 



Alethe poliocephala Buttik. Not. Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 177 

 (1885); Shelley, B. A fr. i. no. 1156 (1896); Salvad. Orn. 

 Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 107. 



Callene hypoleuca Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 221, Taf. ii. f. 3 

 (juv. : Kamerun). 



Alethe hypoleuca Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 83 (1896). 



Alethe alexandri Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xii. p. 4 (1901). 



Ad. S ? • Bakaki, 4000 feet, Nov. 17, 1902. 



The male differs slightly from the female in having the 

 crown, lores, ear-coverts, and sides of face brownish black, 

 and the breast tinged with pale buff. 



Iris hazel ; bill black ; legs and feet whitish flesh-coloured. 



