— no — 



/-*. /. leiicoldiiiiii ami I\ l. togoeiisis tlian are thèse two fonns froni 

 oiie another. 



P. l. iiyanzae is foiiiul iii the N. E. Helgian Congo. \Ve liave 

 five birds coUected at Toinaja bv Eniin and one bv Mr. Carki thers 

 on tlie Upper Congo which can only be assigned to this race. 

 Further west in the Uelle District P. /. togoeusis (not P. l. leiico- 

 lainuù appears. The two races nyunzac and togoeusis appear to 

 meet in the Tangazi district. 



Pogoniuliis scolopaceus scolopaceus. 



Xylobucco scotopdceiis Bonatarte, Consp. Av., 1850, p. 141. — 

 Type locality : Ashantee, Gold Coast. 



Three spécimens of the Speckled Tinker-bird were shot by 

 Mr. LowEat liii in Deceniber, jannarv and Februarv; it appears to 

 range from Sierra Leone to Southern Nigeria, its place being taken 

 further south bv other sub-species. 



I recognise the follovving races of this Barbet : 



I. — POGONIUI.US SCOLOPACEUS SCOLOPACEUS. 



Cf. supra. 



Range. — Represented in the British Muséum from Sierra 

 Leone, Libéria, the Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria. 



Distingiiishing cliaracters. — From ail other races distin- 

 guishable bv smaller size and bv being golden above and deeper 

 vellovv on the nndersurface. 



2. — POGONIULUS SCOLOPACEUS STELLATUS. 



Bucco stellatiis Jardine and Fraser, Contr. Orn., 1851, p. 155. 

 — Type locality : Clarence, Fernando Po. 



Range. — Fernando Po. 



