1887.] BIRDS FROM THE CAMEROONS. 123 



wings are closed, uniform olive-green, with the primaries and tail 

 dark brown, slightly washed on the edges of the feathers with 

 yellowish olive. The shafts of the quills and tail-feathers are brown 

 above and yellow beneath. Sides of the head huffish olive. Under 

 surface of the body uniform sulphur-yellow, with a very slight 

 greenish shade, paler on the throat and fading almost into white on 

 the chin. A few feathers on the sides of the lower throat show 

 faint signs of dark shaft-stripes, which shaft-stripes become more 

 strongly marked on the flanks and under tail-coverts. Under wing- 

 coverts yellowish buff; under surface of the quills dark brown with 

 pale yellowish shafts, and with from two to four large yellowish-buff 

 spots on their inner webs, giving a barred appearance. Tail beneath 

 more olive than above. Bill whitish, becoming dark towards the 

 base ; legs and feet dusky brown. Total length 6-6 inches, culmen 

 0-8, wing 3-45, tail 2-8, tarsus 07. 



b. c?, 6000 ft. — Perfectly similar in plumage to a. Total 

 length 6-3 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3*5, tail 27, tarsus 07. 



This bird, which is closely allied to P. ellioti from the Gaboon 

 and Congo district, is rather smaller. Its chief character, which 

 shows no variation in Mr. H. H. Johnston's two specimens, is the 

 almost entire absence of markings on the underparts, which 

 parts in P. ellioti are strongly striped with brownish black in both 

 sexes. 



2. Indicator variegatus, Less. 



Indicator variegatus, Reichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 6, Cameroons ; 

 Sharpe in Dawson Rowley's Orn. Misc. i. p. 189. 

 $ , September, 7000 ft. 



3. Corythaix meriani, Riipp. 



Oorythaix meriani, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 157 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1871, p. 605, Cameroons; Schalow, J. f. O. 1886, p. '67. 

 S , October, 5000 ft. 



4. PSALIDOPROCNE FULIGINOSA, Sp. n. 



c? , September, 9000 ft. — Entire plumage dark brown with no 

 gloss. Quills, tail, and underparts slightly darker. Under wing- 

 coverts brown, scarcely paler than the back. Bill black ; feet brown. 

 Total length from tip of bill to tip of tail 5 inches, culmen 0-2, wing 

 4-25, tail 3"1, tarsus 0-35. 



$ , September, 9000 ft. — Perfectly similar in plumage, with the 

 outer web of the first primary equally serrated. Total length 5 

 inches, culmen 2, wing 4-1, tail 27, tarsus 0-35. 



In this species the tail reaches about to the tips of the wings but 

 not further, and is only moderately forked ; length of centre feathers 

 2-3 and 2 inches, of outer feathers 3 and 27. 



It is probably nearest to P. jietiti, from which it differs in the 

 colour of the under wing-coverts, and the moderately forked tail not 

 extending beyond the tips of the wings. 



