522 
Mr. G. L. Bates on the 
Fantee, and then following out the theory that every bird of 
Upper Guinea must have its nearly allied representative in 
Lower Guinea. As a matter of fact, these two species live 
side by side in Cameroon. 
No. 3621, a female that had recently been sitting, was 
shot in April at its nest, which was brought w r ith two nest¬ 
lings. The nest was like that formerly described (‘ Ibis/ 1909, 
p. 30) and the nestlings had much tawny down. 
Alseonax flavipes, nom. nov. (Plate IX. fig. 18, egg.) 
Alseonax epulata Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 622; 1907, p.445 ; 
Beichenow, Y. A. ii. p. 455 (nec Cassin). 
Muscicapa epulata Cassin, Proc. Ac. Sc. Philad. 1859, 
p. 51 (nec Cassin, 1855). 
Like A. epulatus (Cassin), hut darker, bluish-slate-coloured 
above; lower mandible, base of the upper mandible, and feet 
bright yellow. 
No. 3942, a female with very marked brood-spot, was 
brought with the nest on which it had been shot with bow 
and arrow. This nest was a loose pile of fresh moss with a 
small cup-shaped cavity, 40 mm. in diameter, lined with 
Usnea. The two eggs (Nos. 372, 373) measure 17 X 13'5 mm. 
[They are a nearly perfect oval in shape and entirely devoid 
of gloss. The ground-colour is dull greenish-white, indis¬ 
tinctly clouded and marked all over the shell with faint rufous 
and greyish mottlings. In No. 373 (the one figured), which 
is somewhat more brightly coloured, the rufous markings are 
much more numerous and concentrated towards the larger 
end.—O.-G.] 
Alseonax olivascens. 
Parisoma olivascens Cassin, Proc. Ac. Sc. Philad. 1859, 
p. 52. 
No. 2640. $ (testes large). Akok, between Efulen and 
Kribi, July 1907. 
No. 3018. $ breeding. Assobam, Dec. 1908. 
No. 3319. A immature. „ ,, ,, 
No. 9441. $ (egg in oviduct). Bitye, Oct. 1910. 
All the specimens had the iris dark brown, the bill black 
