398 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



101. Astub lopesi Alexander. 



Astur lopezi Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 49 (1903) ; 

 Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 120. 



Adult male. Above blackish slate-coloured ; crown, nape, 

 and sides of neck slaty blue, paler on the last ; chin and throat 

 white, the lower part washed with pale vinous chestnut; 

 remainder of under parts bright vinous chestnut, with 

 remains of whitish cross-bars, especially on the breast; 

 centre of abdomen and under tail-coverfs white ; tail-feathers 

 black tipped with white, and with three irregular white spots 

 on their inner webs ; under tail-coverts white, barred with 

 vinous chestnut : iris black ; cere yellow ; legs and feet 

 orange-yellow; claws black. Total length 13 inches, culmen 

 09, wing 7-3, tail 6*2, tarsus 23. {Type. Moka, Dec. 11, 

 1902.) 



This species is allied to A. toussenelli (Verr.), but differs 

 in the coloration of the under parts and thighs and in being 

 smaller. 



Range. Cameroon and Fernando Po. 



102. Pseudogyps aericanus (Salvad.). 



Pseudogyps africanus Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 2094 (189G); 

 Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 212 (1899). 



Ad. ? . Near Sipopo, Nov. 8, 1902. 



This bird is locally distributed along the coast-line. It is 

 much prized for food by the natives. 



103. AllDEA GULAHIS BoSC. 



Ardea gularis Bosc; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) iv. p. 11 

 (1895 : Fernando Po) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 2120 (1896) ; 

 Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 38 (1903: Fernando Po) ; 

 Salvad. Orn. Goli'o d. Guinea, iii. p. 122. 



Lepterodius gularis Sharpe, Hand-1. B. i. p. 196 (1899). 



An adult female was obtained on an islet called Leven, 

 off Banterbari, where a colony of these birds breeds. 



4-104. -ZEgialitis dubia (Scop.). 



Mgialitis dubia Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 2471 (1896) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-1. B. i. p. 154 (1899). 



One specimen obtained near Sipopo, Nov. 8, 1902. 



