620 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 



the white feathers on the sides of the neck to impinge and to 

 almost form a white collar. The Museum contains specimens 

 of the true D. castanea from Camaroon (Crossley), Efulen 

 (Bates), Gaboon (Du Chaillu), Como River, GO miles from 

 Gaboon (Bates), Fernando Po (Fraser), Aruwhimi River 

 (Jameson) . 



95. Platystira cyanea. 



Platystira cyanea (P. L. S. Mull.) ; Sjostedt, K. Vet.- 

 Akad. Handl. xxvii. p. 70 (1895) ; Reichenow, J. f. O. 

 1896, p. 20 ; Sharpe, Hand-]. B. iii. p. 246 (1901) ; 

 Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 488 (1903). 



a. $ ad. River Benito, French Congo, Jan. 17, 1901. 



No. 35. S ad. River Ja, Feb. 1903. "Njibesole." 



Nos. 297, 300. ? ad. River Ja, Dec. 21, 1903. 



No. 350. S ad. „ Jan. 11, 1904. 



96. Bias musicus. 



Bias musicus (V.) ; Sjiistedt, t. c. p. 74 (1895) : Reichenow, 

 J. f. O. 1896, p. 21 ; Sharpe, 1. c. (1901) ; Reichenow, V(>g. 

 Afrikas, iii. p. 469 (1903). 



a. <$ ad. Benito River, French Congo, Jan. 15, 1901. 



b. ? ad. Efulen, July 25, 1901. "Kuletyaii." 



c. ? ad. „ Nov. 6, 1901. 



d. ? ad. „ Feb. 27, 1902. 

 c. J imm. „ March 26, 1902. 



97. Megabias atkialatus. 



Dryoscopus atrialatus Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. v. p. 216 

 (1851). 



Megabias flammulatus Verr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1855, 

 p. 318; Sjostedt, t. c. p. 75 (1895) ; Reichenow, J. f. O. 

 1894, p. 35. 



Megabias atrialatus Sharpe, t. c. p. 247 (1901) ; Reichenow, 

 Vog. Afrikas, ii. p. 468 (1903). 



a. ? ad. Efulen, Dec. 15, 1902. 



This specimen seems to me to be identical with other 

 female examples from the Gold Coast, and males from these 

 two localities also do not differ. It is, however, otherwise 



