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Mr. G. L. Bates on the 
Another pair of old birds of this species, caught together 
in a hole in exactly the same way, had neither young nor 
eggs, and dissection shewed that the female had not yet 
begun to lay. 
Gymnobucco peli. [Ovol.] 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 616; 1907, p. 441 ; Bate*, Ibis, 
1909, p. 17. 
Nos. 3876-8 were two nearly fully feathered nestlings and 
one old bird, which were caught in holes in dead trees that had 
been stopped up with the birds in, together with a number 
of other nestlings. The nestlings have the nasal tufts well 
developed; the head is not bare as in adults, but covered 
with short feathers, and the bill is of a yellowish horn-colour. 
They have sharp tubercles on the heels. 
BARBATULA FLAV1SQUAMATA. [Omvek.] 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 618; 1907, p. 442. 
All my numerous specimens have dark mottlings on the 
breast, a character which serves as one of the distinguishing 
marks of this species from the nearly allied B. stellata and 
B. scolopacea . The colour of the iris is creamy or greyish- 
white. 
Two breeding-holes of this species have now been found, 
the birds, in each case, having been caught in them. It is 
unnecessary to describe these holes, as those of all species of 
Barbatula are alike, and the description given (‘ Ibis/ 1909, 
p. 18) will serve for all. In one of the two holes of B. flavo- 
squamata four adult birds were caught, two males and two 
females. Judging from the condition of the females, the 
eggs found must all have belonged to one pair of birds, and 
the other pair were intruders. Four eggs were reported to 
have been found in the hole, but only one was received 
intact; it measured 17 X 13'5 mm. Two eggs brought in 
at another time, in a section of a dead stump, along with 
the bird, measured 18-5 x 14 5 and 18'5 X 14 mm. 
