208 Major H. J. Kelsall on 



Alethe castanonota. 



A forest bird and apparently rare. I only obtained one 

 specimen. 



Pratincola rubetra. 



A dry season visitant, seen up to April the 22nd. 



Family Timeliid^. 



Hypergerus atriceps. 



This handsome bird is very fond of palm trees, hunting 

 round the base of the branches for insects. It has a loud, 

 not unmelodious song which may be represented by the 

 syllables ^^whee-oo, whe-oo, whe-oo,'^ the second syllable half 

 a tone lovi^er than the first, and the second and third 

 repetitions commencing about two tones lower than the 

 first. This call is repeated over and over again. 



About Freetown it was scarce during the dry weather, 

 but common during the rains, being heard and seen in 

 gardens and plantations, even in the town. 



Irides red-brown ; bill black. 



Crater opus platy circus. 



A single specimen was collected by Dr. Bower in the 

 Karine District. 



Macrosphenus zenkeri. 



This species may easily be mistaken for one of the Camaro- 

 pteras; in fact, several specimens in the Boyd Alexander 

 collection in the British Museum are so labelled. It is 

 found in heavy forest. 



Turdinus gularis. 



Found in heavy forest, and usually seen hunting about in 

 the undergrowth and debris on or near the ground. 



Amaurocichla kempi. 



Amaurocichla kempi Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xv. 1905, 

 p. 38. 



I only obtained two specimens of this bird, one in the hill 

 forest about six miles south of Freetown, the other near 

 Mafwe on the Bum River. Both were in low dense under- 

 growth. 



