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Show 1905.] MAMMALS AND BIRDS OF LIBERIA. 209 14. P y cn o n o tu s in o r n a t u s . Pycnonotus barbatus (Desf.); Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 180 (Buluma and Robertsport), viii. p. 256 (Messurado and Junk Rivers), x. p. 83 (common along the whole coast of Liberia), xi. pp. 122, 132 (Mount Olive), xii. p. 204 (Robertsport); id. Reisebilder Liberia, ii. p. 408 ; id. Notes Leyd. Mus. xiv. p. 23 (Sulymah River). Pycnonotus barbatus inornatus Hartert, Nov. Zool. ix. p. 329 (1902, Gold Coast). No. 6. 3 adult. St. Paul's River, Nov. 20, 1904. " Pepper-bird." This specimen, which was just beginning to moult, is very pale and the feathers are much worn. 15. ClSTICOLA LATERALIS. Gisticola lateralis (Fraser); Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 171 (Sofore Place, St. Paul's River), xi. p. 131 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vii. p. 251 (1883). No. 18. A $ adult. St. Paul's River, Jan. 14, 1905. This specimen appears to be identical with Fraser's type which is in the British Museum. 1 6 . P r a t in c o l a r u b e t r a . Pratincola rubetra (Linn.); Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. xiv. p. 23 (Sulymah River); Sharpe, Hancl-list B. iv. p. 171 (1903). One $ adult. St. Paul's River, Jan. 16, 1905. Although it is well known that this species winters in Africa, this is only the second record from Liberia. 17. M o t a c il l a v id u a . Motacilla vidua Sundev.; Buttik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 173 (Bavia, St. Paul's River), x. p. 73 (Du Queah, St. John, Cess, and Sinoe Rivers), xi. pp. 122,132 (Farmington River); id. Reisebilder Liberia, ii. p. 409. No. 2. Two S adult. St. Paul's River, Nov. 16, 1904. 18. V id u a s e r e n a . Vidua principalis (Linn.); Buttik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 197 (Robertsport), viii. p. 259 (Junk River), x. p. 91 (Schieffelinsville and Marshall), xi. pp. 124, 134 (Farmington, Junk, and Messurado Rivers), xii. p. 204 (Robertsport); id. Reisebilder Liberia, ii. p. 416. Vidua serena (Linn.); Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 217 (1904). No. 1. (5 adult. St. Paul's River, Nov. 16, 1904. No. 4. 5 adult. St. Paul's River, Nov. 18, 1904. No. 5. <$ adult. St. Paul's River, Nov. 19, 1904. 14* |