634 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 



No. 142. ? ad. Efulen, April 23, 1903. "Ntyon" or 

 "Nti-ejak." 



Nos. 27, 49. <J ? • River Ja, Feb. 1903. 



No. 223. ? . Efulen, Nov. 3. 1903. 



The males have a much larger bill than the females, but 

 do not differ in colour. The Camaroon and Gaboon birds 

 are a trifle darker than those from the Gold Coast. 



116. Bleda batesi. 



Bleda batesi Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiv. p. 19 (1903). 



a. S ad. Efulen, March 25, 1902. " Mali." 



No. 204. S ad. Efulen, Oct. 17, 1903. 



Nos. 273, 290. <J ? ad. River Ja, Dec. 17, 20, 1903. 



This species is intermediate between B. indicator and 

 B. damans. Like the latter, the white outer tail-feathers 

 have no dusky tips, and yet the lower abdomen is dusky, as 

 in B. indicator, and not buff, as in B. damans. 



Of the three specimens received since I described this 

 species, two have dusky tips to the outer tail-feathers, as in 

 B. indicator. Whether in this species these caudal spots 

 are signs of immaturity it is difficult to decide at present, 

 but in twelve specimens from other parts of West Africa 

 there is not a single one which has the outer tail-feathers 

 nnspotted. 



117. Bleda clamans. 



Xenociclila damans Sjostedt, K. Sv. Yet.-Akad. Handl. 

 xxvii. p. 97, Taf. x. (1895). 



Bleda clamans (Sjost.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. iii. p. 322 (1901). 



a. ? ad. River Como, 60 miles from Gaboon, July 22, 

 1896. 



b. $ ad. Efulen, Feb. 5, 1902. 



c. <$ ad. „ May 19, 1902. 



d. S ad. „ March 22, 1904. 



This seems to be a very distinct species, principally 

 distinguished by its lighter coloration, fawn-coloured ab- 

 domen and under parts, and unspotted white outer tail- 

 feathers. 



