230 jMr. D. A. 13aniiermau on a Collcciion of 



Pakt II. 



Notes on the more inijjojiant S/iecies. 



CoKVus scAPULATus Daiul. 



Curvus scajju/aJifs Reieli. ii. p. 634. 



a, b. S ■ ^t- i'iiiil <lt^ Loauda. lltli Dec, 1910. (Nos. 

 8(j, 87.) 



c. ? . Suboiio. lOth Feb., 1911. (No. 462.) 



Iris brown; bill and feet black. 



Total length in the llesh 19 inches ; expanse of Aviiigs 

 41 inches. 



[This Crow is not abnndant on the Kru coast. It feeds 

 on insects and palm-fruit, and I found it the only bird 

 which the natives refused to eat ! — W. P. L.] 



PlIOLIDAUGES LEUCOGASTER (GlU.) . 



Cinnijricindm leucoydster Reich, ii. p. 679. 



^^-/- S ? ^^- et c? iiiiin. Nanna Kru. lst-22nd Jan., 

 1911. (Nos. 220, 231, 235, 264, 311, 364.) 



(jJi.S ?. iSettra Kru. 16th Jan., 1911. (Nos, 326, 

 366.) 



i. S - Sierra Leone. 1st Feb., 1911. (No. 429.) 



Iris yellow ; bill black ; feet black. 



Total length 7 inches ; expanse of wings 12 inches. 



[This species is decidedly rare in Sierra Leone, but very 

 common on the Liberian coast. — W. P. L.] 



DicRUHus AssiMiLis ATACTUs (Obcrholscr) . 



Dicnirus afer Reich, ii. p. 646. 



Dicrurus adsimilis atactus Oberholser, Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. xviii. p. 920 (1905). 



Dia-urus modestus Hartl. Rev. Mag. Zool. 1849, p. 495 ; 

 Chubb, in Johnston's Liberia, vol. ii. p. 806. 



a.S- Sekoudi. 23rd Dec, 1910. (No. 125.) 



h. ?. Nanna Kru. 22nd Jan., 1911. (No. 334.) 



Iris red ; bill black; feet black. 



Total length in the flesh 10 inches; expanse of wings 

 15 inches. 



