6 Nicholson, Geographical Distrilmtum of Macrony.x. 



II ab. Nearly the whole of Africa, below the Sahara, 

 and to the southward of 20" N. Lat. 



West Africa. River Gambia. (Mus. Brit. ; IMus. 

 Brem. ; cf. Sharpe, " Cat. Afr. B.," p. 73). Casamance 

 {Verrcaiix : Hartl., " Orn. W. Afr.," p. yi). Sierra 

 Leone {Verrcanx : Hartl., /.r.), Bo, Sept, Oct., Jan., 

 Feb. ; not numerous (Robin Kemp, Ibis, 1905, p. 237). 

 Liberia, Robertsport (Demeryj, Marfa River, Grand 

 Cape Mount River {Biittikofer and Sala : Buttikofer, 

 Notes Lcydcn. Mus., vol. 7, p. 174, 1885): I^aynesville 

 {Stainpfli: Biittik., Notes Lcydcn. Miis., vol. 8, p. 253, 1886). 

 Gold Coast. Common in all parts (Ussher, Ibis, 1874, 

 p. 70). Fanti Country {Shelley, Kirby : Mus. Brit.): sea- 

 shore, near Elmina, April (H. F. Blissett) ; Accra {G. E. 

 Shelley 3.nd T. E. Buckley : Mus. Brit.): (Reichen.,/6'/^;';^ 

 / Oniith., 1875, p. 46): Aguapim (Riis. : Hartl., "Orn. 

 W. Afr.," pp. yT,, 271). Togo Land. River Volta {Ussher: 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 481 : id., "Cat. Afr. B.," p. y^, 1871). 

 Nigeria, Shonga (IV. A. Forbes: Shelley, Ibis, 1883, 

 p. 543). Gaboon ( Verreaux : Hartl., " Orn. W. Afr.," pp. Ti, 

 271), Cape Lopez (Du Chaillu : Cassin, P. Acad. Philad., 

 1856, p. 307). Fernand Vaz {Alarche : Bouvier, " Cat. 

 Marche Coll.," p. 16, 1S75). Loango Coast {Falkensiein : 

 Kexchcn., Journ.f. Ornith., 1877, p. 30). LOWER CONGO : 

 Landana, Chinchonxo {Petit: Sharpe and Bouvier, Bull. 

 Soc. Zool, France, 1876, p. 43): Angola, Cambambe 

 (Montciro, Ibis, 1S62, p. 334): Benguela, Huilla, Humbe 

 Ambaca, Caconda, {Anchieta : liocage, "Orn, Angola," 

 p. 297). 



South Africa. Extends as far south as Natal, but is 

 rarely found in Cape Colony (Stark, " Faun. S. Afr. Birds," 

 vol. I, p. 239). Pondo Land. Resident and plentiful at 

 St. John's, in flat open country (Shortridgc, Ibis, 1904, 



