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113. Spreo pulcher pulcher (P. L. 8. Miill.) 



Ad., Niaraei, Upper Niger. 



1 agree entirely with Zedlitz {Journ. f. Orn. 1011, p. 0) that the birds from 

 Eritrea, and as far as I can see from Abyssinia generally, are easily separable from 

 Senegambian S. p. pulcher if series are compared, the former being richer, the 

 hitter paler in colour. I cannot, however, follow the Count in separating a third 

 subspecies, '' S. p. intermedins,^' to inhabit the Sudan from Nubia and Dongola 

 to Adamaua I The specimens from Nubia (Shendy) and Sennaar are Inseparable 

 from Abyssinian ones. 



The example from Niamei appears to me to belong to the Senegambian 

 8. p. pulcher, but this is not very easy to say, though a series would be easily 

 recognisable. 



114. Cinnyricinclus leucogaster leucogastei- (Gm.) 

 S ? juv., province of Zaria. 



115. Lamprocolius purpureas purpureas (P. L. S. Miill.) 

 S ad., Zaria, 9. x. 1912. (Tail and inner secondaries moulting.) 



116. Lamprocolius caudatus caudatus (P. L. S. Jliill.) 



2 ad., province of Zaria. 



One has the upperside green, the other purplish blue ; these are nut subspecitic 

 ditferences, but individual ones. There may, however, be other local races. 



117. Sporopipes frontalis frontalis (Daud.) 



(?? ad., Zaria, 11, 12. xi. 1912. 



Though rather pale on the neck, these two bird.s appear to agree with Senegal 

 exam])les, collected by Riggenbach. Abyssinian specimens (Adarte, Mareb River, 

 collected by Schrader) ajjpear to agree in every way with the Senegal form, though 

 Mearns has separated a form " abyssinicus." — About other jjossible forms I hope to 

 give notes shortly. 



118. Ploceus cucuUatus cucullatus (P. L. S. Miill.) 

 (S ad., Zaria, August 1913. 



119. Pyrenielaua franciscana franciscana (Isert) 



(?c? ad. in nuptial i)Iuiuage, without date, c? in brown, non-nuptial plumage, 

 12. ix. 1912, Zaria. 



I quite agree with what 0. Neumann said in Joum. f. Orn. 1905, pp. 345, 340. 

 The birds from Hausaland agree perfectly with those from the Senegal and Niger 

 countries, while all the specimens collected by Zapphiro in the Galla countries 

 (Harar, etc.) belong to my F. f. pimlln, or possibly to a race intermediate between 

 the latter and P. /.franciscana. 



120. Pyromelana afra (Gm.) 

 S ad., province of Zaria, 



