Birds from the West Coast of Africa. 239 



Dr. Reicbenow gives its habitat as Portuguese Guinea 

 and Kassine Island. 



Alseonax comitata (Cass.). 



Pedilorhynchus comitaius Reich, ii. p. 461. 



a.S- Axim. 27tb Feb., 1911. (No. 514.) 



Iris brown; bill and feet black. 



Total length in the flesh 5f inches ; expanse of wings 

 8^ inches. 



This example is an adult in fresh plumage, and shews 

 more white on the under parts than those in the series in the 

 Natural History Museum, which have a distinct buff tinge 

 on the throat and belly. 



MUSCICAPA GRISOLA LiuU. 



Muscicapa grisola Reich, ii. p. 449. 



a. (J(?). Nauna Kru. 20th Jan., 1911. (No. 355.) 



b. c^ . Axim. 13th Feb., 1911. (No. 46(3.) 



Iris brown ; bill black, base of lower mandible yellow ; 

 feet black. 



Total length in the flesh 6 inches ; expanse of wings 

 10 inches. 



[These l)irds were rather rare, veiy few being seen on the 

 Liberian coast. — W. P. L.] 



Bias musicus (Vieill.). 

 Bias musicus Reich, ii. p. 469. 

 a.?. Sekondi. 25th Dec, 1910. (No. 154.J 

 h, c. $ imra. et $ ad. Sierra Leone. 31st Jan, and 

 8th March, 1911. (Nos. 418, 569.) 



d. S • Settra Kru. 15th Jan., 1911. (No. 324.) 



e. S • Nanna Kru. 20th Jan., 1911. (No. 320.) 

 f.S' Subono. 10th Feb., 1911. (No. 455.) 

 Iris yellow ; bill black ; feet yellow. 



Total length in the flesh 6^ inches ; expanse of wings 

 10 inches. 



[This striking bird is tolerably common on the Kru 

 coast, but more plentiful at Sierra Leone. — W. P. L.] 



