1887.] BIRDS FROM THE CAMEROONS. 125 



This is another apparently very local species, also procured by 

 Capt. R. Burton in the Cameroons Mountain at 7000 ft. 



9. Pratincola axillaris, Shelley. 



Pratincola axillaris, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 556 ; 1885, 

 p. 220. 



cJ , September, 8000 ft. ; S , October, 8000 ft. 



This is the second species of Pratincola recorded from the 

 Cameroons ; for the P. salax, Verr., of Gray's List, two specimens of 

 which I have examined in the British Museum, has the axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts white. 



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10. ZosTEROPS melanocephala, Gray. (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 

 Zosterops (Speirops) melanocephalus, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 



Hist. 1862, X. p. 444. 



5 $ , September, 7000 and 8000 ft. 



The type, which I have examined in the British Museum, came 

 from 7000 ft. in the Cameroons Mountain. 



11. Cisticola ruficapilla (Fraser). 



Brymoica i-uficapilJa, Haiti. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 57 ; Reichen. 

 J. f. O. 1875, p. 45, Cameroons. 



Cisticola ruficapilla, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 248. 

 a. ? , September, 7000 ft. ; b. 8000 ft. 



12. CiNNYRis CHALYBEUS (Linn.). 



Cinnyris chalyheus, Shelley, IVIonogr, Sun-birds, p. 253, pi. 78. 



cJ, September, 8000 ft. Length of wing 2*2 inches, culnien 0"8. 



cJ, September, 7000 ft. Length of wing 23 inches, culmen 0'8. 



2 , September, 7300 ft. Length of wing 2'0 inches, culmen 0'7. 

 The males have the abdomen, under tail-coverts, and under surface 

 of the tail darker than in any South-African specimens I have seen, 

 but all the other characters are perfectly similar. This is the first 

 time the species has been recorded from the West-African sub- 

 region. 



13. Cinnyris fuliginosus (Shaw). 



Nectarinia fuliginosa, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 43; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1871, p. 30, Cameroons; Reichen. J. f. O. 187.5, p. 30. 



Cinnyris fuliginosus, Shelley, Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 275, pi. 86. 

 a. Not labelled. 



14. Anthus pyrrhonotus (Vieill.). 



Anthus gouldii, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 73. 

 Anthus pyrrhonotus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 555. 

 S, October, 1000 ft. Length of wing 3-4. 

 Mr. Sharpe writes {loc. cit.) : — " In Western Africa a small dark 



