from the Camaroon Country. AAS 
in endless curves over cleared land at almost any time 
that one looks for them. The kind of place where they 
most abound is a freshly-burned clearing ; but often over 
the village street they are very numerous. Boys can some- 
times knock one down with a stick when they sail near the 
ground. Sometimes, especially in the afternoon, some of 
these birds may be seen perched on a bare twig, at rest ; 
but if watched they soon sail away again. 
They are said to nest in holes bored in clay banks, the 
sides of pitfalls dug for animals in the forest being favourite 
places. One of my specimens (a female), brought to me 
alive, was said to have been caught in a hole in the side 
of a pit. Some of these birds repeatedly visited a freshly- 
dug place on a hillside near my house, and even perched 
on the timbers there, but seemed to decide at last against 
it as a nesting-place. 
A number of male examples of P. petiti were shot in the 
months of February, April, May, and June, and all, without 
exception, had the breeding-organs large. 
In the Zima Country these birds were seen flying over a 
village, hunting for insects.—G. L. B.] 
156. ALSEONAX EPULATA. 
Alseonax epulata (Cass.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 622. 
Nos. 832,833. ¢ 9. Efulen, July 3, 1905. 
No. 845. ¢ ad. ay wtly oy 1905: 
No. 1052 9: ade £3 Aug. 15, 1905. 
Nos. 1555, 1555 a. Juv. River Ja, March 1906. 
The last two specimens were procured by a boy during 
Mr. Bates’s absence. They seem to me to be immature, 
although I cannot see any sign of rufous spotting. 
157. ALSEONAX FANTISIENSIS. 
Alseonax fantisiensis Sharpe ; id. Ibis, 1904, p. 622. 
No. 825. 9 ad. Efulen, July 1, 1904. 
Nos978:) 97 age ee uly, 27. L905: 
No. 1917. Juv. Lobo River, Aug. 18, 1906. 
No. 2125. gad. East of Ebolewo’o, Dec. 15, 1906. 
