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NOTES OX AFRICAN BIRDS IN THE TRING MUSEUM. 



BY OSCAR NEUMANN. 



I. LIST OF THE MUSOPHAGWAR. 



1. Corythacola cristata (Vieill.). 

 rpHIS species occurs in West Africa from the Gambia to North Angola, and 

 -L is distributed in the interior as far as Uganda proper, bnt does not cross 

 the Somerset Nile, nor does it seem to occur near Lake Tanganyika. I fiiii to find 

 any differences lietween tlie birds of Upper and thos<? of Lower Guinea. 



The Triug Mnsenm possesses the following specimens : 

 4 (J J, 4 ? ?, 1 pnll. Ombrokna (Ugomo), 



Ogowe River 8-25. viii. 07. Ansorge coll. 



2 <?(?, 1 ?. Umpokosa (Lake Ogemwe), 

 Ogowe l?iver ..... 

 1 ?. Mafini (Lake Onange), Ogowe Eiver . 

 1 (not sexed). Ohnmbe (Lake Onange), 

 Ogowe River ..... 

 1 ? . Noama (Lake Esanga), Ogowe River . 



8-25. viii. 07. 



10-13. vi. 07. 

 30. vii. 07. 



22. vii. 07. 

 LS. v. 02. 



1. ii. 



24. V. 09. 

 20-25. i. 05. 



23. ii., 24. vi. 02. 



.\ii. Ill — ii. 02. 



Bentley coll. 

 BohudorlT coll. 

 Ausorge ,, 

 Seth-Smith coll. 

 Grauer „ 



Ansorge „ 



Braham ,, 



1 ad. (not sexed). Upotn (Upper Congo) 



2 SS ,2 ¥ ?. Semnio, Niam Niam . 



1 ?. Itnri River 



I 6,\ ? . Nfebbi, Uganda .... 

 1 ?, 1 (not sexed j. Ntebbi, Uganda . 



1 S,\ ?. Degama, Southern Nigeria 



3 c?c?, 1 ?•. Ogriiga, Amambava Creek, 



Southern Nigeria .... 

 The pnllns is very interesting. Head, neek, and the whole underside are 

 covered with dark grey down, which is somewhat lighter on the belly. There 

 are no green nor brown feathers here at all. The feathers of the wing and tail are 

 already complete, but the tail feathers as far as they are visible are blue through- 

 out. There is no dark subajiical bar, nor is there any green colour at the base of 

 the enter tail-feathers. 



2. Chizaerhis africana (Lath.). 

 This species is distributed over "West Africa from the Senegal to the Congo, 

 but it seems to be local and rare in Lower Guinea. 



The following specimens are in the Tring Museum : 



2 cJ(?, 2 ? ? from Tevigne, Kirmarsat, 



Nguick (near Thies), Senegambia 

 1 ? . Thies, Senegambia .... 

 I c?. Gambaga, Gold Coast 

 I S. Upper Casamanze River . 



Three more skins without exact localitv. 



xii. 07 — i. 08. 

 17. vii. 07. 

 25. ii. 98. 



Riggeubach coll. 



Giftard 



(rnrchased from Boucard.) 



