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observed, it was only seen singly or in pairs. Stomach 

 contained locusts.] 



I am inclined to agree with Sharpe that his Hapaloderma 

 (Eqiiatoriale (Bull. B. O. C. vol. xii. 1901, p. 3 : J]£ulen, 

 Cameroon) is not really separable from A. n.narina (cf. ' Ibis/ 

 1901, p. 613). Four of the six adult males in the British 

 Museum collection have broad markings on the wing-coverts, 

 but the other two agree with males of A. n. narina, and the 

 one adult female is practically indistinguishable. Three 

 fully fledged young birds appear to show two distinct stages 

 of plumage : one, a male, is moulting from tbe nestling 

 plumage, which is " green above, much as in the adult, but 

 has a number of conspicuous white spots on the coverts and 

 inner secondaries ; below, the breast is buffy, mottled and 

 irregularly barred with green and dusky" {cf. Sclater, ' Ibis,' 

 1911, p. 721) ; the belly and under tail-coverts being also a 

 mixture of white, dusky and buff, with no sign of the red 

 coloration. This example is assuming a dress which is similar 

 to the adult above, as the wing-coverts, except the outer- 

 most, have buff spots and the secondaries are mottled with 

 buff, each feather having a broad buff tip ; below, the belly and 

 under coverts are as in the adult, but the breast and throat 

 are deep buff, finely and regularly barred with dark green. 

 This plumage is represented by a male and a female from 

 Efulen. Thus there appears to be an intermediate dress 

 between the first and the adult plumages in both sexes. 

 The same thing is observable in south African specimens, 

 though the green barring is not so well defined, and this 

 character, when specimens in full second dress are available 

 from the south, may prove sufficient to separate the Came- 

 roon race. 



The four adult males from the Gold Coast Colony show 

 that Sharpe and Ussher's Hapaloderma constantia (' Ibis,^ 

 1872, p. 181 : Denkera, Fantee) is quite a good subsj)ecies 

 of A. n. narina ; females, when obtained, may also show 

 some distinctive character. 



Hapaloderma rufiventre Dubois (P. Z. S. 1896, p. 999 : 

 Lake Tanganyika District) was undoubtedly described 



