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This species is chiefly Palearctic in distribution, but extends into 

 northeastern Africa (Eritrea, eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Soma- 

 liland) where it is represented by two races, as follows: 



1. G. n. sf Hog aster. — Characterized by having the top of the head 

 fairly distinctly striped, the color of the upper parts somewhat 

 lighter, and the wings and tail longer than in somaliensis. This 



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FiGUBE 8. DiSTRIBDTION OF CaRINB NOCTUA IN NOKTHEASTER.N' AFRICA : 1, CARINE 



NOCTUA SPILOGASTER; 2, CARINE NOCTUA SOMALIENSIS 



race occurs in the Eritrean coastlands from about Annesley Bay 

 north to the Red Sea Province of the Sudan. 



2. C. n. soTfialiensis.—Dsivker above, shorter wings and tail than 

 in spilogaster, and crown more or loss flecked or spotted with light 

 tawny or whitish, but not streaked; found in northern Somaliland 

 west through the Hawash region of Ethiopia to Dire Daoua. 



