Summary.1A collection of 2000 skins made in southern British Cameroons during twenty‐six months there from 1949 to 1951 is described. The range of many species is extended.2Field notes are given on forms whose habits were previously unknown or little known and the nidification of several is described for the first time.3Sarothrura pulchra batesiandGymnobucco calvus majorare regarded as invalid.4Malaconotus perspicillatusis regarded as a synonym ofMalaconotus monteiri.5Geographical variation in colour inFrancolinus squamatusin West Africa is described.6The nestling or chicks of the following are described:‐Sarothrura elegans reichenovi, Turacus macrorynchus verreauxi, Phyllastrephus poensis, Hirundo nigrita, Heterhyphantes m. melanogaster, andSitagra monacha.7The immature dress of the following is described:‐Micropus batesi, Phyllastrephus poensis, Dyaphorophyia concreta kumbaensis, Turdus n. nigrilorum, Alcthe poliothorax, Seicercus herberti camerunensis, Chalcomitra ursulaeandAnthreptes seimundi