624 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 



91. MUSCICAPA CERULESCENS. 



Muscicapa ccerulescens (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. iii. p. 211 

 (1901). 



Alseonax ccerulescens Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 454 

 (1903). 



a. <J ad. Efulen, Nov. 7, 1901. 



According to Dr. Reichenow 's "Key" of Alseonax, this 

 specimen belongs to M. ccerulescens Hartl. It has the wing 

 2' 9 inches, and agrees with a Yarabuya specimen from 

 Jameson's collection. Both of these are darker than some 

 of the South-African skins. 



92. PamiLOKHYNCHUS CAMARUNENSTS. 



Pedilorlajnchus stuhlmanni camerunensis Reichenow, t. c. 

 p. 461 (1903). 



Alseonax comitata (Cass., pt.) id. J. f. O. 1896, p. 20 ; 

 Sharpe, t. c. p. 207 (1901). 



No. 8. River Ja, Jan. 1903. " Kula." [W. 68 m.] 



No. 53. ? ad. River Ja, Feb. 1903. "Kula/' [W.63m.] 



No. 302. cJ ad. „ Dec. 26, 1903. 



No. 324. $ . „ Dec. 31, 1903. 



This is no doubt Reiehenow's P. camerunensis, but that it is 

 different from his P. stuhlmanni I can scarcely believe. Indeed, 

 while admitting that it is convenient to put P. comitatus and 

 its two allies into a separate genus on account of their 

 broader bills, I believe that only one species can be recog- 

 nised. The measurement of the wing put forward by 

 Dr. Reichenow (Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 460) does not seem to be 

 a good character. Examples in our series from the Gold 

 Coast have the wing 2 - 5-2'6 inches, two (typical P. comitatus) 

 from Gaboon 2 - 45-2*55 inches, one from Bellima, Equat. 

 Africa, 25 [Emin measured it as 63 mm.], two from the 

 Ja River 255- 2*7 inches, and one from Landana 2*7. The 

 slightly longer Avings of the Camaroon and Congo birds 

 arc not of much weight, and I expect that a further series 

 will prove that there is only one species of Pcedilorhijnchus, 

 viz. P. comitatus. The Gold Coast birds have a slight tiuge 

 of buff on the abdomen, but one of the Gaboon specimens 

 shews traces of this colour. 



