706 REPORT OF THE HARVARD AFRICAN EXPEDITION 
Stizorhina finschi (Sharpe) 
Cassinia finschi Sharpe, Ibis, ser. 2, vol. 6, pp. 53, 474, pl. 2, 1870: Fanti. 
Length 7.5 inches; above grayish brown, the rump redder, the tail darker with broad white 
tip; throat yellowish, rest of underside reddish brown. Liberia to Gold Coast. 
This is another uncommon species for which the only records are: an adult 
male and female taken in low forest near Hill Town by Biittikofer (1888, p. 86) 
and a male from Schieffelinsville (Biittikofer, 1889, p. 122). 
Parisoma plumbeum (Hartlaub) 
Stenostira plumbea Hartlaub, Journ. f. Orn., vol. 6, p. 41, 1858: Senegambia, Casamanse River. 
Length 5.5 inches; above gray, feathers of crown with dark shaft stripes, a white line above 
and another below the eye, and a dark-gray spot before the eye; below, pale gray, chin and middle 
of belly white; middle tail-feathers black, the outer ones with white ends, in the outermost occupy- 
ing the terminal half of the feather. Senegambia to southeastern Africa. 
The only known occurrences of this species are the two records furnished by 
Biittikofer, namely, one shot at Monrovia by Stampfli and another secured by 
the same collector in brushwood, at Old Field, on the Mesurado River. 
EURYLAEMIDAE Broad-bills 
Smithornis rufolateralis G. R. Gray. Rufous-breasted Broad-billed Flycatcher 
Smithornis rufolateralis G. R. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, p. 148, pl. 16: West Africa. 
Size of a sparrow; top and sides of head and the tail black; back black, the feathers with con- 
cealed white bases; wings olive, the major coverts with two rows of white spots; a large rufous 
area on each side of breast in front of bend of wing; remainder of under parts whitish with black 
streaks. Female duller, head olive. 
This is a bird confined to the West African forest area from Cameroon, 
north to Sierra Leone. It seems, however, to be uncommon and is a species of 
the forest undergrowth. The only one we saw was secured at Bonuta, October 
3; it was actively catching flying insects from a perch on the branch of a low 
tree over a small shaded stream. Buttikofer, who secured two adult males near 
Hill Town and Weflah and a third at Mt. Gallilee likewise found them only 
in the dense undergrowth of high forest and speaks of their habit of flying up 
for passing insects and returning to the same perch; their cry, he says, is a harsh 
kerr, kerr, like that of a Dendrohyrazx. A comparison of our bird with others 
from the Cameroons reveals no tangible differences. 
PYCNONOTIDAE Bulbuls 
Criniger verreauxi Sharpe 
Criniger verreauxi Sharpe, Cat. African Birds, p. 21, 1871: Fanti. 
Length 8 inches; head grayish brown, sides paler and finely streaked with whitish; body olive 
green, tail reddish brown edged with olive green; belly and under tail-coverts yellow, sides olive. 
West Africa. 
The few available records seem to indicate that this is an uncommon species. 
Biittikofer secured but four, from Schieffelinsville, Hill Town, and Jarjee, and 
