598 Mr. G. L. Bates on the 



the feet pale yellow. Tu tlie plumage the most notable 

 peculiarity is that of ill-defined light tips to the larger Aving- 

 coverts, not distinct enough to form spots. 



The Nti-ejak is another forest-bird of which I have 

 obtained one nest only. A sitting female (No. 4456) was 

 shot by Nkolo on its nest, which was " on some brush 

 in the forest " and was a shallow, slight structure, com- 

 posed of dark-coloured decaying leaves and sticks, Avith a 

 few black rootlets and tendrils for lining. It was found in 

 the wet season, on the 1st of November. The colour of the 

 two eggs exactly matched tliat of the nest. One egg was 

 broken, but the chick within was alive ; the other measured 

 26"5 X 18 mm. ; the young bird was extracted without 

 completely spoiling the specimen (No. 600). 



[The egg is somewhat glossy. The ground-colour is pale 

 buff, almost obscured by dense blotches and mai'kings of 

 rich vandyke-brown and pale brown. — W. R. O.-G.] 



Phyllostrophus falkensteini, (Plate XI, fig. 15, egg.) 



Reich. V. A, iii. p, 391, 



Pycnonotus viridescentior Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 638 ; 

 1907, p, 464. 



Phyllostrophus virklescent'wr Bates, Ibis, 1909, p. 58. 



My specimens appear to me to be of the same species as 

 the bird from Landana. 



It is only lately that I have heard and seen this bird 

 uttering its notes, for it is an unobtrusive and generally 

 quiet species. Its notes sounded like those of P. simplex, 

 but not so loud, and had the same peculiar tone as those 

 of P. leucoplexira, P. shnjjlex, P. flavigula, and P. orientalis, 

 which all sound like excited human talk. The type species 

 of Phyllostrophus, which Levaillant called " Le Jaboteur," 

 must have similar notes. This fact seems to shew that the 

 genus is a natural one. 



Three more nests, on which the sitting birds were caught 

 at evening, have been shown to me, and resembled the one 

 already described. They were set in forks of okOnff or 

 cassava plants, and did not contain more than two eggs. 



