THE 



BIRDS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA 



including a detailed review of the races of species 

 known to occur there 



BY 



OAVIO A. BANNERMAN.M B. E, 8 A . M 8 U . F R. G. S ,C. F A U 



(British Muséum, Tsaiural Hislorv) 



WITH NOTES ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE GOUNTRY 



liV 



ROBIX KEMP and WII.I.OICIHHY l>. I.OWE, M. B. O. U. 



PART II 

 PICIDAE to PHASIANIDAE. 



I hâve beeii asked to detine more clearlv the exact area which I 

 include as Southern Nigeria. As pointed ont in the Introduction 

 to Part I, the paper is based mainlv on the collections in the 

 British Muséum made by Mr. W'ii.i.oiciHHV Lowe at Lagos, and bv 

 Mr. IvE.MPat Burutu, .^boutschi and Ai^oulerie. Smaller collections 

 from varions localities in Southern Nigeria hâve been utilised. 

 Alt those places from which birds vvere obtained are noted in the 

 Introduction to Part I, and can be found on most maps. 



The old political boundarv of Southern Nigeria followed the line 

 (from west to east) Ilesha, Kishi, lia, Idah, .Angba, Katsena, Allah, 

 Ido, and is still indicated bv a Hne dotted line in Stanford's 

 Lihrary Map of Africa (1920 Edition). I am aware that the species 

 and sub-species enumerated in niy list are only a tithe of the birds 

 which inhabit that country. Indeed, I believe that Ansorge obtai- 

 ned certain birds in the Niger Delta which are now in the Tring 



