378 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE RUWEXZOEI EXPEDITION. 



Iris white ; bill black ; feet black or brown. 



[Both Kirk's and Sharpe's Babbling-Thrushes were seen throughout the journey from 

 Entebbe to Ruwenzori. They were very common birds in the acacia-country at the 

 south end of the range and in the upper Semliki Valley. They were always observed 

 going about together in noisy parties, and were very inquisitive. — R. B. W.] 



Phyllanthus czaknikowi Grant. (Plate XVH. fig. 1, d .) 

 PhyUanthus czarnikowi (jrrant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 40 (1907). 



a. 6 . Mawambi. E. Congo Forest, 3000 ft., 18th Oct. [No. 3633. E. B. W. 

 Ttjpe of species^ 



Czarnikow's Babbler is most nearly allied to P. loluuJorffi (Sharpe), but differs in 

 having the forehead, fore-part of the face, and the chin black ; the feathers of the 

 crown blackish, with grey margins ; and the chestnut of the upper- and underparts 

 darker in colour. Iris claret-colour ; bill pale yellow ; feet pale greenish-grey. 



Total length ca. 8'5 inches ; culmen 1-05 ; wing 4 6 ; tail 32; tarsus I'dS. 



In the type of P. bolmdorffi, which is no doubt an immature bird, the feet are 

 whitish (in the dry skin). 



Mr. Alexander procured three examples of this species on the Welle River. 



[The type-specimen of Czarnikow's Babbling-Thrush was obtained in the Congo 

 Forest, and was the only one seen. It was shot among the dense undergrowth. — 

 B. B. W.'] 



Mackospiiekus flavicans Cassin. 

 Macrosphenus flavicans Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 615, pi. xxii. fig. 3 (1905); Sharpe, Ibis, 1908, 



p. 117 [Cameroon]. 

 Macrosphenus zenkeri Reich, t. c. p. 615, pi. xxii. fig. 4 (1905). 



a-G. d ? et c? imm. Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 21st & 23rd July. [Nos. 

 492, 494. B. B. 2>. ; 1733. D. C] 



d. 6 . 20 miles N.W. of Fort Beni, 3000 ft., 11th Aug. [No. 506. B. E. B.] 



e. 6 . Avakubi, E. Congo Forest, 2500 ft., 31st Oct. [No. 3653. B. B. W.] 

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Iris yellow, dark brown in the immature male; bill black ; feet grey or bluish-ash. 



There can be no doubt that, as has already been suggested by Dr. Sharpe, M. zenkeri 

 is founded on immature examples of 31. favicans. In addition to the young male 

 (specimen c) mentioned above, there is an immature female in the British Museum 

 procured at Efulen, Cameroon, by Mr. G. L. Bates, which agrees exactly with the 

 description and figure of M. zetikeri given by Dr. Reichenow. 



[This Long-billed Bush-Waibler was seen only in the Congo Forest, where it was not 

 uncommon. It was usually observed climbing about among the tangled masses of 

 creepers which hung from the trees. — B. B. W'.] 



