Birds of Fernando Po. 393 



Chalcites aura t us Allen & Thomson, Narr. Exped. Niger, 

 ii. p. 2.21 (1848). 



Chrysococcyx auratus Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 190 (1857 : 

 Fernando Po). 



Ad. ? . Moka, Dec. 14, 1902. 



90. Indicator poensis. 



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

 (1903) j Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 39 (1903) ; Salvad. 

 Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 119. 



Adult male. Similar to /. e.vilis, but smaller. Crown and 

 nape ashy grey ; white patch near nostril very distinct ; base 

 of forehead dusky black ; band below cheeks and ear-coverts 

 dusky; under parts pale ashy grey, fading into whitish on 

 the chin ; thigh-coverts with dark shaft-stripes : iris hazel ; 

 bill black, horn-coloured at base of lower mandible ; legs and 

 feet greenish. Length 4*3 inches, culrnen 0"35, wing 2'5, 

 tail 1-45, tarsus 045. {Type. Bakaki, Nov. 9, 1902.) 



This new species comes close to Indicator willcocksi Alex- 

 ander, from the Gold Coast. 



The key for these small West- African Honey-guides reads 

 as follows: — 



a. Crown ashy brown, slightly washed with yellow and 



mottled with darker centres to the feathers. 

 a'. A dusky band below cheeks and ear-coverts. 



a". Under parts ashy i". exilis. 



b. Crown golden olive, slightly striped with blackish 



centres to the feathers ; upper parts almost uniform. 

 V. No dusky band below cheeks and ear-coverts. 

 b" . Under parts ashy olive, fading into creamy 



white on the lower breast and abdomen .... 1. willcocksi. 



c. Smaller ; wing 2 - 5 ; crown ashy grey. 



c . Dusky blackish band below cheeks and ear- 

 coverts. 

 c". Under parts pale ashy grey, fading into whitish 



on the chin 1. poensis. 



91. Barbatula LEucoLyEMA J. & E. Verr. 



Barbatula leucolcema Shelley B. Afr. i. no. 1773 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 182 (1900). 

 a. Ad. ? . Ribald, Nov. 2, 1902. 



