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Show 1871.] MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE BIRDS OF CAMEROONS. 605 A single specimen in good plumage. This fine species seems to occur in suitable localities from Sierra Leone down to Angola. 10. CORYTHAIX PERSA. Corythaix per sa (Li) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 11. Five specimens sent by Mr. Crossley, procured by him between the 24th of January and the 15th of February. 11. CORYTHAIX MERIANI. Corythaix meriani, Riipp. ; Hartl. Orn. W . Afr. p. 157. This is a beautiful species, easily distinguished from the other members of the genus by its conspicuous magenta-tipped crest. Mr. Crossley has sent one specimen, which he killed on February 1st, 1871. Fam. CUCULID_E. 12. CHRYSOCOCCYX CLAASIT. Chrysococcyx claasii (V.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 13. One specimen, shot on the 2nd of February, 1871. 13. CHRYSOCOCCYX CUPREUS. Chrysococcyx cupreus (Bodd.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 13. A single specimen, obtained on the 16th of February, 1871. 14. CHRYSOCOCCYX SMARAGDINEUS. Chrysococcyx smaragdineus (Sw.); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 13. A beautiful specimen, killed on the 10th of February, 1871. 15. ZANCLOSTOMA FLAVIROSTRIS. Zanclosloma flavirostris (Sw.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 14. "Cameroons Mountains, January 21st, 1871. Eye-ring red ; eyeball black. "Victoria Forest." Fam. CAPITONIDAE. 16. TRICHOLAEMA HIRSUTA. Tricholcema hirsuta (Sw.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 15. Two young specimens, obtained on the 22nd and 25th of February, 1871. These birds are much younger than the example figured in the plate of this species given by the Messrs. Marshall in their ' Monograph of the Capitonidae;' and as this stage of plumage has never been described, I add a short diagnosis :- Head black; rest of the upper surface of the body brown, everywhere spotted with little golden-yellow markings, more thickly on the crown ; wing-coverts exactly like the back ; quills and tail very dark brown, edged with golden yellow; upper tail-coverts blackish, rather conspicuously edged with golden yellow ; feathers round the eye and ear-coverts blackish, spotted with silvery white ; cheeks and |