506 Mr. G. L. Bates o7i the 



Another pair of old birds of this species, caught together 

 in a hole in exactly the same Avay, had neither young nor 

 eggs, and dissection shewed that the female had not yet 

 begun to lay. 



Gymnobucco fell [Ovol.] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 016; 1907, p. 411 ; Bate*, Ibis, 

 1909, p. 17. 



Nos. 3876-8 were two nearly fully feathered nestlings and 

 one old bird, which were caught in holes in dead trees that had 

 been stopped up with the birds in, together with a number 

 of other nestlings. The nestlings have the nasal tufts well 

 developed ; the head is not bare as in adults, but covered 

 with short feathers, and the bill is of a yellowish horn-colour. 

 They have sharp tubercles on the heels. 



BaRBATULA FLAVISQUAMATA. [Omveli.] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 618; 1907, p. 442. 



All my numerous specimens have dark raottlings on the 

 breast, a character wliich serves as one of the distinguishing 

 marks of this species from the nearly allied B. stellata and 

 B. scolopacea. The colour of the iris is creamy or greyish- 

 white. 



Two breeding-holes of this species have now been found, 

 the birds, in each case, having been caught in them. It is 

 unnecessary to describe these holes, as those of all species of 

 Barbatula are alike, and the description given (' Ibis,^ 1909, 

 p. 18) will serve for all. In one of the two holes of B.flavo- 

 squamata four adult birds were caught, two males and two 

 females. Judging from the condition of the females, the 

 eggs found must all have belonged to one pair of birds, and 

 the other pair were intriulcrs. Four eggs were reported to 

 have been found in the hole, but only one was received 

 intact; it measured 17xl3"5 mm. Two eggs brought in 

 at another time, in a section of a dead stump, along with 

 the bird, measured 18*5 x 145 and 185 X 14 mm. 



