Birds of Suuthern Canierou)}. 537 



of Birds' ]''gg.s in tlie British Museum/ vo'. iv. pis. xii. & 



Aiii.-O.-Cr.l ' 



(^IlLOUOPUONEUS BOCAGII. 



Dnjoscopus b'icayci Sliarpp, Ibis^ 1908. |). 331 ; Bates, 

 Ibis, 1909, p. 33. 



A young biiu (No. 3881) has tlie wlmle npi)er surface 

 finely barred, the wing-coverts tipped witii light yellouish- 

 brown, and the under surface — tlie ground-colour of which 

 is yellowish-white — finely barred with dark colour. A stiil 

 younger bird (No. 4."263) is similarly marked, but is without 

 the yellowish tinge beneath. A nearly adult birtl (No. 4058, 

 ? ) has still a few light tips on t)ic wing-coverts. The 

 young birds have tlie tongue an.d inside of the mouth orange, 

 the tongue being dark or black attiie base, but not in defined 

 spots. 



ClILOROPHOXEUS HEICHEXOWl. 



Cosmuphoneus rcic/ieiioirl Neuni:inn, .1. f. O. 1899j p. 393 

 Nos. 1525, 2162, 2190, 1124. Adult (^ . Hitye, R. Ja. 

 No. 3373. Adult c^ . Efayoug, R. Ja. 

 No. 14:33. ? . Bitve, H. J a. 



ClILOKOPHONlCUS B\T1':SI. 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, p. 330. 



Nos. 3607, 3627 ( ? 's) ; 3(512, 3626. 3781, 3786, 3791, 

 4146, 4176, 4237 ( J's). All killed at Bitye. River Ja. 



No. 3374. Young ? . Efayong, R. Ja. 



The evidence of these specimens confirms Dr. Sharpe's 

 opinion that this is a species distinct from C. mn/lico/or. 

 Some of the male specimens ha\c, indeed, more or less 

 green instead of black in the tail, and in this respect 

 approach C. multicolor ; but such birds seem, from other 

 considerations, to be hardly adtdt. All specimens of 

 ('. tnaHicoIor have green tails. Females of C. batesi have 

 about as much of the under surface scarlet as males of 

 C. multicolor, while the females of the latter liave no 

 scarlet. There seems to be an evolution going on in both 

 these speeie> towards more black and scarlet in the i)lumage, 



