from Efulen. in Camaroon. 625 



93. Hyliota violacea. 



Hyliota flavigastra Sw. ; part., Sharpe, Hand-1. iii. p. 237 

 (1901). 



Hyliota violacea Verr. ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1896, p. 23 ; id. 

 Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 474 (1903). 



a. S ad. Efulen, April 1, 1902. 



Camaroon seems to be a new locality for this species. 

 Professor Reichenow has, however, recorded H. nehrkorni 

 from Jaunde. Mr. Bates's specimen has black under wing- 

 coverts and thighs, and a large white spot on the wing. 

 H. violacea is quite distinct from H. flaviventris {flavigaster 

 auct. !), and I was wrong in uniting them in the ' Hand- 

 list.' 



94. DIAPHOROPHYIA CASTANEA. 



Diaphorophyia castanea (Eraser) ; Reichenow, J. f. O. 

 1896, p. 21 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1902, p. 93; Reichenow, Yog. 

 Afrikas, ii. p. 490 (1903). ' 



a. ? ad. Efulen, Jan. 17, 1902. " Ngwen." 



b. S ad. „ Jan. 27, 1902. 



c. S ad. ,-, March 22, 1902. 



d. e. £ juv. et ad. ; /. ? ad. Efulen, April 1, 1902. 

 g. <$ ad. Efulen, Dec. 5, 1902. 



h. (J ad. „ April 11, 1903. 



Nos. 378, 406. ? ad. Efulen, March 18, 29, 1904. 



The young male is, as described by Dr. Reichenow, 

 similar to the female as regards its red back, but lias 

 a brownish head, and the throat mostly hoary white 

 mottled with chestnut, the rufous feathers having whitish 

 ends. 



The Camaroon species is the true Z>. castanea, as stated 

 by Dr. Reichenow, but it is not always easy to distinguish 

 it from D. hormophora of the Gold Coast, which is separated 

 by the above-named authority on account of its white neck- 

 band. The skins of Diaphorophyia are difficult to preserve 

 perfectly, and often make very bad specimens, so that a 

 little distortion of the feathers of the hind-neck, or the 

 absence of a few plumes in a male D. castanea, causes 



