656 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on Birds 



34. Linurgxis olivaceus. 



Cnccotliraustes olivaceus Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842, 

 p. 144 : Fernando Po. 



Linurgus camerimensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. 

 1903, p. 38 : (Cameroon. 



a. ? ad. (No. 3). Ninon^^, Manenguba Mts. 2. vi. 09. 



As already noted (p. 513), I agree with Alexander that 

 his L. cmyiernnensis is indistinguishable from L. olivaceus 

 Fraser, and it therefore becomes a synonym of this bird. 



35. Coliuspasser ardens concolor. 



Vidua concolor Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1848, p. QQ : 

 Sierra Leone. 



a. S i»^na. (No. 1). Manenguba Mts. 29. v. 09. 



6. [ ? ] c? imm. (No. 2). „ „ 2. vi.09. 



The specimen shot on the 2nd of June is undoubtedly a 

 young male, although it has been labelled a female. Too 

 much reliance cannot be placed on the determination of the 

 sex of birds in tiie Alexander collection. 



Shelley and Dr. Reichenow both believe C. a. concolor to 

 be distinct from C. ardens. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, however, 

 considers C. a. concolor a melanistic variation of C. ardens 

 {vide Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. 1910, p. 289). 



36. Nigrita canicapilla. 



jEthiops canicapilla Strickl. P. Z. S. 1841, p. 30 : Fer- 

 nando Fo. 



a. cJ ad. (No. I). Ninong, Manenguba Mts. 9. vi,09. 



A single example of this Negro-Finch was obtained. 

 Nigrita canicapilla is the type of the genus Nigrita ; it 

 appears to range from Southern Nigeria to north Angola, 

 its place being taken in central and eastern Equatorial 

 Africa by N. schistacea. 



37. Cryptospiza reichenowi. 



Pytelia reichenoivi Hartl. Ibis, 1874, p. 166 : Bondongo, 

 Cameroon. 



