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form of /. minor, which lias been named Indicator lovati 

 O.-Grant (Bull. B. O. C. vol. x. 1900, p. 39 : Gelongol, 

 Abyssinia). Therefore /. lovati, the type of which is in the 

 British Museum^ becomes a synonym. 



This form differs from /. m. minor in having the top of the 

 head and the whole of the underparts much darker grey 

 and with little or no olive wash. Wing : cJ 88 & 86 mm. ; 

 ? 89-86-84 mm. ; the two males are undoubtedly immature. 



Range. Abyssinia and Somaliland. 



The Somaliland bird differs slightly from the two 

 Abyssinian specimens in having the upper parts rather 

 paler olive-green ; and a much larger series may show that 

 Indicator exilis erlangeri Zedl. (Orn. Monatsb. 1913, p. 59 : 

 S. Somaliland ; compared to /. m. teitensis, and wing given 

 as 83-81 mm.) can be upheld, though the evidence before 

 me points to this name becoming a synonym. 



Indicator minor teitensis. 



Indicator minor teitensis Neum. op. cit. 



Differs but very slightly from /. m. minor, being slightly 

 darker on the upper surface and rather darker grey beneath. 

 Wing : (J 91 & 90 mm. ; ? 87-82-81 mm. 



Neumann gives the Aving of his type as 79 mm., which 

 points to an immature bird and comes within the wing- 

 measurement of the /. exilis group ; there are, however, 

 two specimens in the British Museum collection bearing in 

 Neumann's handwriting the name of his new subspecies. 



Range. Nyasaland and German East Africa to British 

 East Africa and Uganda, across to Lake Chad and Benue 

 E-iver. 



Southern specimens run very close to the Cape form and 

 northern specimens very close to the Abyssinian form, 

 and a larger series may show that the dividing line will be 

 found somewhere across Uganda and British East Africa, 

 and that /. m. teitensis should be placed as a synonym and 

 not upheld as a race. 



Indicator minor alexanderi. 



Indicator minor alexanderi C. Grant, Bull. B. 0. C. xxxv 

 1915, p. 99 : Gambaga, Gold Coast Colony. 



