86 
Mr. D. A. Bannerman on rare Birds [Ibis, 
Indicator theresce Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. 1908, 
p. 90 [Gudima, River Iri]. 
Mr. Bates has sent another example of this species, an 
adult female from Bitye, River Ja. He had already procured 
three specimens at Kribi, of which two males taken in 
September are in the British Museum. The uniform dark 
olive crown, spotted breast, and streaked belly serve to 
distinguish this species from the nearly allied I. maculatus 
Gray. 
I. theresce Alexander, the type specimen of which from 
Gudima, River Iri, is in the British Museum, is synonymous 
with the present species. The type specimen has been 
marked a male by Alexander, but it seems certain from the 
small size of the bill that it must be a female: it agrees 
exactly with the female from Bitye sent by Mr. Bates. 
Melignomon zenkeri Reichw. 
Melignomon zenkeri Reichw. Yog. Afr. ii. 1902, p. 113— 
Type locality : Yaunde, Cameroon. 
Mr. Bates, who had previously sent a single male of this 
rare species, has now obtained five more, including examples 
of both sexes. 
Ceriocleptes robustus. 
Melignomon robustus Bates, Bull. B. O. C. xxv. 1909, 
p. 26—Type locality: Bitye, River Ja, Cameroon. 
Ceriocleptes xenurus Chapin, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H. 
xxxiv. 1915, p. 512 — Type locality : Avakubi, Ituri 
District. 
The Honey-guide described and figured by Mr. Chapin 
is obviously of the same species as that described by 
Mr. Bates under the name Melignomon robustus . Mr. Bates 
obtained a second female example at the same place, Bitye, 
River Ja, on the 29th of September, 1913. The type speci¬ 
men of M. robustus shows the peculiarity of the tail-feathers 
figured by Mr. Chapin and mentioned by Mr. Bates 
when he modified the diagnosis of the genus Melignomon 
{op. cit. p. 27). Mr. Ogilvie-Grant did not accept the genus 
