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Above tawny, all the feathers broadly barred and tipped with 

 downy white, each white band having a margin of dark brown ; 

 wing-coverts dark brown, a few of them strongly tinged with rufous 

 and barred with white ; quills dark brown, inclining to tawny on 

 the upper surface, especially of the secondaries, which are almost 

 entirely of the latter colour ; all the quills more or less strongly 

 marked and barred with dark brown ; tail dark brown, inclining to 

 tawny towards the tip and strongly barred with blackish brown ; 

 under surface tawny, paler and inclining to fulvous white on the 

 abdomen, which is unspotted, all the breast barred across with white ; 

 legs tawny, with tiny marks of brown ; under wing-coverts dark 

 rufous, with brown marking. Total length 14 inches, culmen 1*2, 

 wing 9*5, tail 6, tarsus 1*6. 



Order GRALL.E. 



Fam. Rallid^e. 



59. Rallus oculetjs. 



Rallus oculeus (Tern.) ; Haiti. Orn. W. Afr. p. 241 . 

 One specimen. 



Fam. Tantalid^e. 



60. Ibis religiosa. 



Ibis religiosus, Sav. ; Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 231. 

 One specimen. 



Order ANSERES. 



Fam. PoDiciPiDiE. 



61. PODICA SENEGALENSIS. 



Podica senegalensis (V.) ; Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 249. 

 One specimen. 



Fam. Larid^e. 



62. Sterna fissipes. 



One specimen. 



The following is a list of the birds now recorded from Cameroons, 

 including those already described by Mr. George Robert Gray from 

 Capt. Burton's collection : — 



1. Ceryle rudis (L.). 9. Turacus cristacus (V .). 



2. Alcedo quadribrachys, Bp. 10. Corythrix persa (L.). 



3. Ispidina picta (Bodd.). 11. meriani, Riipp. 



4. Halcyon dry as, Hartl. 12. Chrysococcyx claasii (V.). 



5. cyanoleuca (V.). 13. cupreus (Bodd.). 



6. senegalensis (L.). 14. smaragdineus, Sw. 



7. Berenicornis albocristatus 15. Zanclostomus flavirostris 



(Cass.). (Sw.). 



8. Tockus pvlchrirostris (Schl.). 16. Tricholtrma hirsuta(Sw.). 



