496 Mr. G. L. Bates on the 



species, well marlcerl by the deeper coloration, attributable 

 to its having become a resident of the forest region. Iti 

 Kamerun it is a bird of the waste cultivated ground or 

 second-growth forest^ never found in the primitive forest, to 

 which the other two species are confined. 



The sketch-map (Plate XVIII.) shows very clearly the 

 distribution of the fonr recognised species of Smithoymis, and 

 the following is a list of recorded localities which are num- 

 bered to correspond with those on the map. B.M. indicates 

 examples in the British Museum. 



Smithornis capensis. 



Platyrhynchus capensis Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr,, Aves, 

 pi. 27, 1839 : forests towards Delagoa h-Aj. 



Smithornis capensis albogularis Hartert, Bull. B.O.C. xiv. 

 1904, p. 73 : Canhofa, N. Angola. 



Brit, East Africa — 1 Kikuyu (Neumann) ; German East 

 Africa — 2 Kahi (Neumann), 3 Usaramo, 4 Lindi (Fischer), 

 5 Ukinga (Fiilleborn), 6 Rovuma river, B.M. (Thomson) ; 

 Nyasaland— 7 Fort Hill, B M., 8 Ntondini, B.M. (Sharpe), 

 9 Zomba, B.M., 10 Milanji, B.M. (Wh'yte), 11 Ruo river, 

 B.M. (Percival) ; Portuguese E. Africa — 12 Coguno, B.M., 

 13 Beira, B.M., 14 Tambarara, B.M. (Grant), 15 Delagoa 

 bay (Smith) ; Natal — 16 Zululand (Woodward), 17 Durban, 

 B.M. (Gordge), 18 Pinetown (Ayres) ; South Rhodesia — 19 

 Chirinda, B.M., 20 Jihu river, B.M. (Swynnerton) ; N.E. 

 Ehodesia — 21 Loangwa river, B.M. (Neave) ; Belgian Congo 

 —22 Bunkeya, B.M., 23 Dikulwe valley, B.M. (Neave) ; 

 Angola — 24 Canho9a and 25 Ndala Tando, B.M. (Ansorge). 



Smithornis camarunensis. 



Smithornis camarunensis Sharpe, Ibis, 1905, p. 469: River 

 J a, Kamerun. 



Kamerun— 26 River Ja, B.M. (Bates) ; Uganda; 27 

 Mpanga forest, B.M. (Woosnam). 



Smithornis rufolateralis. 



Smithornis rufolateralis Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 143, 

 pi. xvi : " West Africa," exact locality unknown. 



Liberia— 28 Hilltown W^ifla and Galilee Mt. (Biittikofer 



