from the Camaroon Country. 451 
169. MEGABIAS ATRILATUS. 
Megabias atrilatus (Cass.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 626. 
No. 1638. 9 ad. River Ja, March 30, 1906. 
170. SMrTHORNIS CAMERUNENSIS. 
Smithornis camerunensis Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, p. 469. 
No. 1142. Ad. River Ja. Skinned by a native during 
my absence. 
No. 1345. g@. River Ja, Jan. 22, 1906. 
No; 1513. G ad. River Ja, March 7, 1906. ‘Testes 
large. 
Nos. 1505, 1514, 1569. ¢ ? ad. River Ja, March 6-22, 
1906. 
No. 1860. 9? ad. River Ja, July 26, 1906. 
No. 2081. gad. Bitye, River Ja, Nov. 19,1906. Testes 
small. 
The first specimen sent by Mr. Bates was a female, and | 
supposed it to be the female of a form allied to S. rufi- 
lateralis. The acquisition of the male bird shews that 
I was quite mistaken in this surmise, and that the species 
is a form of Smithornis capensis, but quite distmet from 
that species. It is distinguished by its black ear-coverts, 
and by the broader and much blacker stripes on the under 
surface. 
[The female specimen, No. 521, which is the type of this 
species (‘Ibis 1905, p. 469), was caught at evening in a 
nest. This was an exquisite little hanging pocket-shaped 
structure, and was found in the bushes on waste ground 
not far from the village. There were three very young birds 
in it, besides the mother. This was in May. Specimens 
since obtained in March were breeding. 
A nest similar to the one mentioned above, belonging to 
Smithornis zenkeri, has already been described in the note on 
that bird (‘ Ibis, 1905, p. 95). In the same note there is 
mentioned the rattling noise made by the two species of 
Smithornis which I then knew. SS. camerunensis makes the 
same noise. It seems to be produced mechanically while 
the bird is taking a short circuit-flight, as it is never heard 
when the bird is at rest. 
