1 92 1.] collected in Southern Cameroon. 83 



" Further Notes on the Birds of Southern Cameroon" (with descrip- 

 tions of the Eggs by W, R. Ogilvie-Graut). Part I., Bates, Ibis, 

 1911, pp. 479-545; Part II., Bates, Ibis, 1911, pp. 581-631. 

 1 Letter, de.scribing a trip to the Nj'ong River. Bates, Ibis, 1914, 

 pp. 109-172. 



" Some facts bearing on the affinities of SmWiomis." Bates, Ibis, 

 1914, pp. 495-502. 



" Remarks on some recent Collections of Birds made by Mr. G. L. 

 Bates in Cameroon." Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1917, pp. 72-90. 



Dendropicus lafresnayi camerunensis. 



Dendrojjicus camerunensis Sharpe, Ibi.s, 1907, p. 443 — 

 Type locality : R. Ja, Cameroon. 



Dendropicus lafresnayi Malli. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 620; 

 Bates, Ibis, 1909, p. 31. 



Mr. Claude Grant (Ibis, 1915, p. 461) pointed out that 

 the type of D. lafresnayi Malh. came from Gaboon, and until 

 we had a seiies of typical birds from the Gaboon River it 

 would be impossible to say whether the Congo or the 

 Cameroon bird would be true D. I. lafresnayi. I do not 

 agree with this decision. 



The type of D. camerunensis Sharpe (Ibis, 1907, p. 443) 

 was described from the River Ja, Cameroon, and as pointed 

 out in the original description, has the ground-colour of the 

 upper parts darker than birds from the Congo. This is 

 ackiiowledged by Mr. Claude Grant. As typical D, lafres- 

 nayi was described from Gaboon, Congo birds are much 

 more likely to be similar to Gaboon specimens than 

 to Cameroon highland birds. I think we can therefore 

 safely consider D. I. camerunensis a well-defined race. 

 Mr. Ogilvie-Grant agrees with these conclusions. I am 

 aware that this is the opposite opinion to that expressed by 

 me in ^ The Ibis/ 1915, pp. 490 & 647. I then believed that 

 the type locality of D. I. lafresnayi was (as given in Rev. et 

 Mag. Zool. 1849, p. 533) " ? Africa," and I compared my 

 specimens from Cameroon Mountain and the Manenguba 

 Mountains with birds from southern Cameroon and could 

 not distinguish them. I now unite all Camei'oon birds from 

 both the north and the south under Sharpe's name, and 

 restrict the typical birds to Gaboon and the Belgian Congo. 



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