The last Journal of JT. A. Forbes. 531 



dipteryx in factory-yard^ the long feathers apparently broken 

 or shot short. Alarm of a hyaena in night (before) . 



Dec. 6th. Only got an Estrelda melpoda in morning's 

 shooting, and saw nothing interesting except a Hypergerus 

 and the Ibis which has very conspicuous light metallic-green 

 shoulders and white stripe on sides of head. In evening 

 went down other branch of creek. Saw few birds, except 

 Ceryle gigantea (as usual) and a lot of Treron and Coryihaix 

 in big tree near fork. Got five Bats (three Epomophorus and 

 two of the insectivorous form), and coming back got a female 

 Macrodipteryx in reed-beds. Got one big and a lot (about 

 fifteen) of smaller Poh/pteri. 



Dec. 7th. Went out for two hours' entomologizing in 

 morning, and got four specimens of Lycana, two Hesperias, 

 Danais, Acraa, &c. &c. in or on road to palm-groves. Got 

 a very blubbery fat Malapterurus-hke fish (greenish grey 

 spotted with black above, whitish beneath), a Scaroid (silvery 

 dark-striped, like a young mullet, with red fins), a Clupeoid 

 with red fins (V^that got at Lukoja), two specimens of 

 Cluetodontoids (silvery, one with entirely red fins and un- 

 marked ; the other with eleven long lines, the more dorsal 

 zigzagy, fins edged with red and larger scales), and a large 

 dull grey barbel-like fish. In evening down to palm-groves. 

 Got a Turdus pelios and a second larger specimen of Centropus, 

 of which I had also got (but not recognized as distinct) a 

 young bird. 



Dec. 8th. Got one big and two small Polypteri, two of the 

 black Osteoglossum, and two of a new fish with no ventrals, 

 small pointed dorsal, and very long anal fins. People brought 

 in with other hides a skin of Hippotragus equinus from 

 Potashi, a town about half-a-day's steaming from Bussah. 

 Got a lai'ge, small-scaled, carp-like fish, of a new species, in 

 evening from Bishop. Went down creek in afternoon, as far 

 as bush at fork. Got a Xerus and three birds — female of 

 Platystira melanoptera, Hypergerus (several seen ; its note a 

 harsh one, repeated several times), and a new Drymoeca-hke 

 form. Saw and wounded a large grey monkey, apparently 

 Cercocebus albigena or C.fuliglitosus, also a Nycticorajo ; but 

 both escaped. 



