204- Major H. J. Kelsall on 



Dryoscopus gambensis. 



Common and not at all shy. I often saw this bird in the 

 trees bordering the roads in Freetown. Is most plentiful 

 in open bush country and feeds on insects. 



Irides orange-vermilion (in one female that I obtained 

 the irides were dull blue-grey) ; bill black ; legs and feet 

 pale bluish slate. 



Not one of my specimens has pure white underparts, the 

 white in all cases being suffused with very pale bluish grey, 

 \fiih, in most cases, a very slight trace of buff on the 

 breast. 



Laniarius helenae. 



For description of this new species see Bull. B. O. C, xxxi. 

 1913, p. 85. 



Laniarius turatii. 



This species is common in Sierra Leone^ but seldom seen, 

 owing to its very retiring habits. It is usually foiind in tiie 

 dense creeper-covered tops of thickets and small trees, and 

 ceases calling as soon as one approaches to try and obtain 

 a sight of it, and sneaks away to another thicket. Its call is 

 a very peculiar and unmistakable one. It begins with a 

 kind of harsh creaking note something like the grating of a 

 rusty hinge ; this is repeated once or twice and followed by 

 a clear musical note almost exactly like the sound produced 

 by rubbing a wet finger round the edge of a glass finger- 

 bowl. 



Irides dark brown; bill black ; legs and feet pale blue- 

 grey. 



Laniarius leucorhynchus. 



I only saw this bird on one or two occasions, and then in 

 low, very dense bush. One specimen which I obtained has 

 the bill dirty white in colour ; another has a black bill. 



Pomatorhynchus senegalus. . 

 Mendi name, " kinjulu.^' 



