— III — 



Distiiig^uisJiiiig c/iaractcrs. — Markings on the upper-parts 

 more olive vellow (less golden) than in typical species; head 

 browner, not so speckled with vellow; throat grever, llnderparts 

 hâve a more mottled appearance and are washed with paler 

 vellow. Size larger. Bill much longer and stouter than either 

 the tvpical races or the foUowing races. 



3. POGONIULUS SCOLOPACEUS FI.AVISOUAMATUS. 



Barhaticla fiavisquainata J. and E. Verreaux, J. f. O., 1855, 

 p. loi. — Tvpe locality : Cape Lopez, Gaboon. 



Range. — Represented in the British Mnseum from Canieroon, 

 Gaboon, Northern Angola, Congo Vallev and North Belgian 

 Congo extending eastwards as far as Poko on the Uelle River 

 where Christv obtained it. 



Disti)igi!is/iing characters. — Most nearlv allied to the Fernando 

 Po race but smaller; tips to feathers brighter yellow and exten- 

 ding over the crown; bill decidedly shorter and weaker. 



Observation. — Reichenow's Barbatiila scolopacea consobrina 

 {Vog. Afr., II, p. 145) described from the Congo Valley (y. f. O., 

 1887, p. 30g) is, as pointed out by Ogilvie-Grant {Ibù, 1908, 

 p. 310) a synonym of this race. 



The abov^e three races are confined to West Africa and the 

 Belgian Congo. Still another form occurs in Uganda, i. e. 



4. — POGONIULUS SCOI.APACEUS ALOVSII. 



Xylobucco a/oysù' S Al. V AD., BoU. Mus. Zool. Anat. Torino, XXI, 

 igo6, p. 2. — Type locality : near Entebbe, Uganda. 



Range. — Uganda and Kenva Colony. 



