Birds from Siei^ra Leone. 209 



Family Pycnonotid.e. 

 Criniger barbatus. 

 Criniger verreauxi. 



Phyllastrephus icterinus. 



These tliree species live in the heavier forest. They are 

 never met vritli in the open bush. 



Phyllastrephus simplex. 



Found chiefly in dense low bush. 



Andropadus gracilis. 



This species inhabits dense low bush and has a short 

 melodious song. 



Bill dark horn ; legs and feet bluish slate. 



Andropadus latirostris. 

 A forest bird. 



Andropadus virens. 



Mendi name^ "invue.'^ Inhabits dense low bush^ especially 

 in the neighbourhood of streams. ' Numbers of these, as well 

 as of Pi/C)ionoti(S barhatus and A. minor, maybe seen bathing 

 in shallow pools in the evening. 



Andropadus griseoviridis. 



Verreaux^s description (J. f . O. 1855_, p. 105) of A. indi- 

 cator applies to the specimens with buff vents (^' crisso 

 cinereo-isabellino "^ from Kamerun and Uganda_, while 

 Temminck's griseovir'idis (Hartlaub, Orn. Westafr. 1857, 

 pp. 84, 85) applies to the greyer form from Sierra Leone 

 and Liberia. This species is found chiefly in the heavier 

 forest or in the large trees along the banks of rivers. Its 

 call is easily recognizable. 



Andropadus serinus. 



XenocicMa canicapilla. 



Xenocichla syndactyla. 



These three species are found in the forest. 



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