534 Mr. G. L. Bates on the 



young birds lias already been noticed ('Ibis/ 1909, p. 31) 

 and is further illustrated by two later examples (No. 3775, a 

 young bii'd with plumage not quite grown, and No. 4410, 

 which is still younger). Both of these had the inside of the 

 mouth and the tongue orange without markings and the 

 margin of the gape whitish. No. 4410 was one of two nest- 

 lings brought, in the nest, with the old male bird. No. 4409. 



Five additional nests with eggs have been secured since 

 those previously reported. All these were merely a slight 

 additional lining placed inside old nests of Weaver-Finches, 

 generally those of Ploceus iiigricuUis, but in one case that 

 of P. cucullatus. 



Five additional eggs vary in length from 19 to 21 mm., 

 and in width from 13 to 13*5 mm. 



[These examples closely resemble those already described, 

 but in tw^o specimens (Nos. 200, 201) the dense markings 

 are reddish brown in tint. — O.-G.] 



Pedilorhynchus brevirostris. 

 Bates, Bull. B. O. C. xxv. p. 28. 



The type-specimen, the only one secured, was shot at 

 Assobam ; P. comitatus was not seen there. 



Chloropeta batesi. (Plate IX. fig. 15, egg, and text-fig. 14.) 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, p. 468; 1907, p. 448. 



A comparison of the specimens in the British Museum 

 seems to shew that this species is really distinct, though all 

 the forms of the genus are closely allied. C. batesi most 

 nearly resembles C. massaica, but differs in having the 

 darker colour of the crown not so well defined from the 

 colour of the back, and in having the yellow loral spot 

 rather larger and mure distinct. JMy later si)ecimens agree 

 with those sent previously. Moreover, these later specimens, 

 in which the colour of the feet was noted, all had them 

 (/rey, while specimens of C. massaica are marked " legs 

 black. ^' In my specimens the irides were brown ; the bill 

 above was dark horn-coloured, beneath yellowish-white with 

 blue veins. 



In this bird the number of the rcctrices is le/i. This 



