388 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



e. Ad. S • Ribola, Nov. 2, 1902. 



/. Ad. S ■ Bilelipi, Nov. 24, 1902. 



Bill dark bluish slate-coloured ; legs and feet bluish lead- 

 coloured. Breeding. 



Widely distributed at the base of the hills. 



In the sunny glades of the forest the bright plumage of 

 this Flycatcher used frequently to arrest the eye as it flitted 

 airily from one branch to another, the male every now and 

 again uttering a soft running " tiz." 



78. Psalidoprocne fuliginosa Shelley. 



Psalidoprocne fuliginosa Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 1446 

 (1898) ; Sharpe, Hand-]. B. iii. p. 202 (1901). 



Psalidoprocne poensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 3i< 

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

 p. 39 (1903) ; Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 101. 



On a more careful examination, I find that the characters of 

 P. poensis are not constant. A fully adult example brought 

 home by my collector subsequently to the publication of my 

 description is identical with the type of P. fuliginosa in the 

 British Museum. The general paler brown of the throat, 

 breast, and under wing-coverts, which served to separate my 

 former specimens from P. fuliginosa, is a sign of immaturity. 



Adult male. Iris brown ; legs and feet pinkish flesh- 

 coloured. Basakato, Nov. 12, 1903. 



This species is locally distributed on the island. Small 

 parties frequent the open spots in the forest, where they 

 make use of the dead branches of trees as resting-places. 



79. Cypselus poensis. 



Cypselus poensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 33 

 (1903) j Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 38 (1903) ; Salvad. 

 Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 116. 



Adult male. Similar to C. unicolor Jard., but differs in 

 being considerably smaller. The upper parts are paler 

 brown, with little or no greenish gloss on the feathers ; 

 chin, throat, and fore-neck pale whitish. Total length 

 6*2 inches, culmen 0*25, wing 5*2, tail 2"4, tarsus 0*4. 

 {Type. Sipopo, Nov. 6, 1902.) 



