858 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXII. 1915. 



9(1. Melittophagus pusillus pusillus (?) 



1 ad., province of Zaria. 



Unfortnnatel)' the ocular region is not very well prepared. The specimen is 

 quite as small as Seuegambian specimens, i.e. typical pusillus, but over the right 

 eye a few bluisli feathers are visible. VX. Neumann, ./o///«. /. Orn. lOUo, p. I'Jl, 

 Zedlitz, op. cit. 1010, p. 771, C. H. B. Graut, Ihis, llUT), p. L'1.4. 



91. Merops (Aerops) albicoUis albicollis (Vieill.) 



cJjuv., Zaria, 5. xi. 1912. 



This species appears to be rare in central and northern Hausaland, but I saw 

 it in great numliers on the Beune in 18S0. J/, albicollis major Parrot is a very 

 distinct large subspecies. Cf. Parrot, <>rti. Moiiutsb. xv., liilU, p. 12, Genera 

 Avium, Meropidne, p. 9. 



92. Irrisor erythrorhynchos senegalensis (Vieill.) 



Of. Reichenow, T'.ij/. Afr. ii. p. 3^0. Neumann, ./nuni. f. Oni. 1905, p. 195, Zedlitz, oji. cit. 1910, 

 p. 778. 



1 ad., province of Zaria. The bill is red. 



Mr. (!. H. 15. Graut (see Ibis, lOlT), p. 284) appears tome to have correctly 

 united Reicheuow's " (/uineensis " with senegalensis, which sometimes assumes a 

 bright red bill. The differences supposed to exist by Zedlitz are not borne out by 

 our series. 



93. Apus affinis affinis (Gray & Hardw.) 



4 ad., Zaria, November 1912. 



I cannot distinguish West African and Indian Apus affinis, and must tlierefore 

 unite them as above. On the other liand the Palestine birds as well as those from 

 Africa Minor form a paler race. The November specimens are moulting primaries 

 and body plumage. 



94. Bradornis modestus Shell. 



? juv., province of Zaria. 



This specimen belongs probably to the bird called moilesUis by Shelley. 

 Reicheuow ( Vihj. Afr. ii. p. 437) treats it as a subspecies of pallidus, Ogilvie- 

 Graut (^Ibis, 1913, p. 035) as a subspecies of mtirinus. 



95. Muscicapa striata striata Pall. 

 Two without dates, province of Zaria. 



96. Platysteira cyanea cyanea (P. L. S. Mull.) 



5 ad., Kadnna River, j)rovince of Zaria. 



97. Tchitrea viridis (P. L. S. Miill.) (?) 



A specimen from the Kadnna River, with a rnfoas tail, just beginning to show 

 some white. 



It seems that Nigerian specimens always assume a white tail, while — judging 



