508 Mr. G. L. Bates on the 



One nesting-hole containing yonng was clean inside, and 

 I tliink this was true of all the lioles of Barbatula, which are 

 thus very different from those of Lybias bidentatus {vide 

 supra, p. 505). 



Two nearly fledged young of B. subsvlphurea that had 

 been taken from a hole, when liheratcd remained near the 

 house, making a continual tinkling noise, much like the 

 call of the adult birds. These nestlings were expressing 

 distress or hunger by the same sound that is used by tlie 

 species as a mating call. 



Trachyl.e.mus purpuratus. [Ekuku.] 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1901, p. G18; 1907, p. 442; Bates, Ibis, 

 1905, p. 93. 



No. 4401', together with a single nestling, was taken from 

 a hole in a tree. The young bii'd had the eyes very small 

 and apparently functionlcss ; it Avas furnished with heel- 

 pads. 



Jn the ovary of No. 439G three or four empty ovum- 

 sheaths were found. It was caught in its nesting-hole, 

 which contained four eggs, one fresh and the others nearly 

 so. These eggs, which are pure white and somewhat glossy, 

 measure respectively .29*5 x 19*5, 29 x 20\5, 28'5 x 19"5, and 

 29 X 18 mm. 



Dexdromus caroli. 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 619 ; 1907, p. 413. 



No. 3352 was shot, at Assobam, as it was coming out of 

 its nesting-liole ; it was a male with large breeding-organs. 

 Two eggs brought in were said to have been taken from 

 the same hole. Tliey have the "Woodpeckers-gloss and 

 whiteness, but are stained. Tliey measure 26 x 19 mm. 



No. 3357, also shot at Assobam, was a female with an 

 egg in her oviduct. The condition of her ovary afforded 

 evidence that two other eggs had already been laid, and 

 there were large ova, one or more of which would perhaps 

 have become mature eggs ; making a total of, at least, four 

 eggs. 



No. 4087, a half-fledged young bird, was one of a pair 



