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POGONIULUS CHRYSOCONUS CHRYSOCONUS. 



Bucco chrysoconus Temm. PI. Col. 1832, pi. 53G : Galam, 

 Senegal. 



Of this, Barbatida chrysocoma guineensis Reichw. (Vog. 

 Afr. vol. ii. 1902, p. 149: Togo) must become a synonym. 



Forehead-patch pale orange-yellow ; light streaks on 

 mantle white, tinged with lemon-yellow ; wing- coverts 

 broadly edged with deep yellowish buff ; rump lemon-yellow; 

 throat lemon-yellow ; breast and abdomen lemon-yellow 

 strongly washed with chrome. 



Wing-measurements give the following result : Senegal 

 (five) 58-56 ; Portuguese Guinea (onej 55 ; Gold Coast 

 (one) 56 ; Ubanghi River (two) 57 & 56 mm. 



Range. Senegal to the Gold Coast and the River Ubanghi. 



POGONIULUS CHRYSOCONUS EXTONI. 



Barhatula extoni Layard, Ibis, 1871, p. 226: Kanye, 

 Bechuanaland. 



Forehead-patch deep orange, but not quite so deep as in 

 P. schoanus ; streaks on mantle white ; rump more greenish 

 yellow ; below, throat pale whitish green, breast and abdomen 

 greyish buff tinged with olive, looking very grey when 

 compared to the northern races. 



Wing- measurements are as follows : Bechuanaland (two) 

 64 & 63; Transvaal (nine) 67-61; Zambesi (one) 60; 

 southern Angola (Caconda) (one) G2 mm. 



Range. South Africa generally, north to the Zambesi and. 

 southern Angola. 



POGONIULUS CHRYSOCONUS XANTHOSTICTUS. 



Bnrbatula xanthosticta Blund. & Lovat, Bull. B, O. C. 

 vol. X. 1899, p. 21 : Chellia, Abyssinia. 



Forehead-patch palish orange-yellow : light streaks on 

 occiput narrower, showing more black; streaks on mantle 

 deeper in colour than in P. c. chrysoconus, but paler than 

 in P. schoanus ; rump greenish yellow ; below pale whitish 

 green throughout. 



Wing-measurement gives the following result : Chellia 



(two) 61 & 60 mm. 



Range. Central Abvssinia, 



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