— qo — 



while Harcitt {Ciit. Rirds Ihit. Mus., XVIII, p. io6) gives 

 Gaboon and the Congo refi;ion. 



Kkichenow gives the distribution of l). iiiiicitlosus (Vog. Afr., 

 II, p. 170) as Sénégal to Sierra Leone and Libéria, while Hargitt 

 (1. c. p. 104) gives it as Sénégal to the Gold Coast extending east- 

 wards to the Niani-Niain and Tingasi district. 



The truth appears to be that the two fornis meet in the Gold 

 Coast. \Ve hâve in the British .Miiseuni collection two undoubted 

 spécimens of D. p. pennistus, while there are also four Gold Coast 

 spécimens with the characters of I). iiiacutosus. 



Range. — The bird we now hâve froni Lagos shows that /). 

 pennistus extends from the Gold Coast through S. Nigeria, Gaboon 

 and Cameroon to the mouth of the Congo river (Landana), South 

 to N'Dala Tando in N. Angola and Eastwards to the North Belgian 

 Congo and Niani-Niam country. 



I). iitaciilosus, on the other hand, extends from Sénégal through 

 Sierra Leone and Libéria to the Gold Coast where it meets D. p. 

 pennistus. 



Neumann has described several races of D. pcrviistus and 

 reviews the group \n /■/■ O., 1904, pp. 392-394. He there recogni- 

 sed four forms : 



1. — 1). PERMISTUS PERMISTUS Rchw. 



Range. — Cameroon, Gaboon, Congo. 



2. — D. r. KAFFENSis Neum. 

 Range. — Abyssinia. 



3. — 1). p. ANGOLENSis Neum. 

 Range — Angola. 



4. I). p. TOGOENSIS. 



Range. — Togoland. 



