606 
Mr. G. L. Bates on the 
These are certainly not Z. senegalensis , from which they 
differ in several particulars. They agree in all points, 
including measurements, with the description of Reichenow’s 
Z. stenocricota; they agree also with several specimens in 
Seimund’s collection from Fernando Po in every particular 
except size. The birds from Fernando Po are larger, the 
length of the wing ranging from 55 to 59 mm., and the bill 
is much longer than in my specimens. 
From the fact that these little White-eyes appear only 
occasionally, and that all obtained, both at Efulen and at 
Bitye, were killed in November, I suspect that they may be 
more or less migratory. 
Anthreptes aurantius. 
Reich. Y. A. iii. p. 445. 
No. 4084. <$ ad. Esamesa, R. Ja, January 1909. Bill 
black, grey at base beneath; feet slate-coloured. 
CiNNYRIS SEIMUNDI. 
Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 19. 
Nos. 3006, 3620, 3955, 4106, 4184. All ? . Bitye. 
Nos. 3610, 3644, 4518. <$ adult. Bitye. 
Cinnyris batesi. (Plate XI. fig. 22, egg.) 
Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 19. 
No. 3201. $ . Assobam. 
Nos. 3632, 3641, 3651, 40/5, 4158, 4212. All $ . Bitye. 
Nos. 3540, 3650, 3652, 3655, 3736. All <$, mostly with 
testes. Bitye. 
Nos. 4335, 4336. Young. Plumage half-grown. 
In addition to the characters well given in the original 
description, it may be noted that the rectrices are black with 
broad olive-green margins. 
A sitting bird (No. 4158) was brought in the nest in 
which it w r as caught about 7 o’clock in the evening. This 
nest, though a hanging pocket-like those of all Sunbirds, 
differed from most in haviDg no long fibres used in its 
construction, and no loose ends hanging down, and was 
composed of moss with a lining of fine down. The nest 
