522 Mr. G. L. "Bates on the 



Fantee^ and then following out the theory that every bird of 

 Upper Guinea must have its nearly allied representative in 

 Lower Guinea. As a matter of fact, these two species live 

 side by side in Cameroon. 



No. 3621, a female that had recently been sitting, was 

 shot in April at its nest, which was brought with two nest- 

 lings. The nest was like that formerly described (' Ibis/ 1909, 

 p. 30) and the nestlings had much tawny down. 



Alseonax flavipes, nom. nov. (Plate IX. fig. 18, egg.) 



Alseonax epulatu Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. G22 ; 1907, p. -145 ; 

 Reichenow, V. A. ii. p. 455 {nee Cassin). 



Muscicapa epulata Cassin, Proc. Ac. Sc. Philad. 1859, 

 p. 51 {nee Cassin, 1855). 



Like A.epulatus (Cassin), but darker, bluish-slate-coloured 

 above; lower mandible, base of the upper mandible, and feet 

 bright yellow. 



No. 3942, a female with very marked brood-spot, was 

 brought with the nest on which it had been shot with bow 

 and arrow. This nest was a loose pile of fresh moss with a 

 small cup-shaped cavity, 40 mm. in diameter, lined with 

 Usnen. The two eggs (Nos. 372, 373) measure 17 X 13'5 mm. 



[They are a nearly perfect oval in sha])0 and entirely devoid 

 of ghjss. The ground-colour is dull greenish-white, indis- 

 tinctly clouded and marked all over the shell with faint rufous 

 and greyish mottlings. In No. 373 (the one figured), which 

 is somewhat more brightl}^ coloured, the rufous markings are 

 much more numerous and concentrated towards the larger 

 end.— O.-G.] 



Alseonax olivascens. 



Pur'tsoma ollrcucens Cassin, Proc. Ac. Sc. Phikid. 1839, 

 p. 52. 



No. 2640. cj (testes large). Akok, between Efulen and 

 Kribi, July 1907. 



No. 3018. ? breeding. Assobam, Dec. 1908. 



No. 3319. S immature. „ ,, ,, 



No. 9441. $ (egg in oviduct). Bitye, Oct. 1910. 



All the specimens liad the iris dark browu, the biil black 



