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Mr. G. L. Bates on the 
One nesting-hole containing young was clean inside, and 
I think this was true of all the holes of Barbatula, which are 
thus very different from those of Lybius bidentatus (vide 
supra, p. 505). 
Two nearly fledged young of B. subsulphurea that had 
been taken from a hole, when liberated remained near the 
house, making a continual tinkling noise, much like the 
call of the adult birds. These nestlings were expressing 
distress or hunger by the same sound that is used by the 
species as a mating call. 
Trachylasmus purpuratus. [Ekuku.] 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1901, p. 618; 1907, p. 442; Bates, Ibis, 
1905, p. 93. 
No. 4401, together with a single nestling, was taken from 
a hole in a tree. The young bird had the eyes very small 
and apparently functionless ; it was furnished with lieel- 
pads. 
In the ovary of No. 4398 three or four empty ovum- 
sheaths were found. It was caught in its nesting-hole, 
which contained four eggs, one fresh and the others nearly 
so. These eggs, which are pure white and somewhat glossy, 
measure respectively 29*5 x 19*5, 29 x 20*5, 28*5 x 19*5, and 
29 x 18 mm. 
Dendromus caroli. 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 619 ; 1907, p. 413. 
No. 3352 was shot, at Assobam, as it was coming out of 
its nesting-]lole ; it was a male with large breeding-organs. 
Two eggs brought in were said to have been taken from 
the same hole. They have the “ Woodpecker ”-gloss and 
whiteness, but are stained. They measure 26 x 19 mm. 
No. 3357, also shot at Assobam, was a female with an 
egg in her oviduct. The condition of her ovary afforded 
evidence that two other eggs had already been laid, and 
there were large ova, one or more of which would perhaps 
have become mature eggs ; making a total of, at least, four 
eggs. 
No. 4087, a half-fledged young bird, was one of a pair 
