Crinifer piscator. 



{Chizacrhis a f ricana auctorum.) 



Falco piscator Bonn., Tabl. PI. Enlum. n° 478, 1783, p. 28 — 

 Type localitv : Sénégal, ex Daubenton. 



Mr. W. L. Sci.ATER lias shown in M. S. which I hâve been 

 privileged to consult, that C. a/ricana (Latham) of aiithors inust 

 now be known as (\ piscator BonD. 



Mann obtained a spécimen of the West African Grev Plantain- 

 eater at Okeodan in S. Nigeria which is now in the Stuttgart 

 Muséum. 



From Northern Nigeria we hâve an example from Shonga 

 collected by W. A. Forbes and another spécimen from the « Niger 

 River ». 



Range. — We hâve spécimens in the British Muséum from 

 Sénégal. Gambia, Purtuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold 

 Coast, N. Nigeria. 



I am inclined to agrée with Mr. C. Grant [Phis, 19 15, pp. 413- 

 414) that the Abvssinian Plantain-eater C. zonura should be consi- 

 dered a race of C. piscator, whereas Mr. Sclater keeps both as 

 distinct species. 



C. Grant gives the range of this latter form on p. 414 of the 

 paper cited. It does not occur in anv part of West Africa. 



Corythaeola cristata cristata. 



Mtcsophaga cristata Vieill., Analyse, 1816, p. 68. — Tvpe loca- 

 litv : Africa. 



A spécimen of the Blue Plantain-eater obtained at Okeodan by 

 Mann is in the Stuttgart Muséum. 



Range. — The typical species ranges from Sénégal to N. Angola, 

 east to Uganda and the Belgian Congo. We hâve examples in the 

 British Muséum from Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, Cameroon 

 Gaboon, Fernando Po, N. Angola, Belgian Congo, Uganda. 



