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Centropus senegalensis senegfalensis. 



Cucnlus .•>enegalensis Linn., Syst. Nat., 12 éd., 1766, p. 169. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Sénégal. 



Mr. LovvE shot six spécimens of the Sénégal Lark-heeled Cuckoo 

 at the Ijii water works. There is also an example from Lagos in the 

 British Muséum obtained bv" Major Ewart. 



From Northern Nigeria \ve hâve a séries collected at Shonga 

 and Egga ^Forbes), Ibi (Alexander), near Bida, Kaduna river 

 (Abadie) and on the Niger river (Niger Expédition). There is also 

 a spécimen from Charitv Island, Lake Chad, obtained bv Boyd 

 Ai.EX.\Nr)ER.Ïhis would be an example of C 5. tschadensïs'R^.iCHw . 

 but this race is evidentlv but a svnonvm of the tvpical form and 

 cannot stand. 



I am inclined to disagree with M. W. L. Sci.ater, who has 

 recntly worked through our large séries in the British Muséum, 

 that C. burc/iellii Anà C. Àz5c/V/> );.?■' <J'^?-î are best considered as races 

 of C. sejiega/ensis. Thèse forms hâve a very distinct barred rump 

 and upper tail-coverts and I would retain C. burchellii as a species 

 and ïmke fasciipygialts a sub-species of it. 



VVe would thus hâve the following races of (\ senegalensis in 

 Africa : 



1. — Centropus senegalensis senegalensis. 

 Cf. supra. 



Range. — Represented in the British Muséum from 

 West Africa : Sénégal, Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra 



Seone, Libéria, Gold Coast, Northern and Southern Nigeria, 



Gaboon, Congo Mouth. 



Central and East Afiica : North Belgian Congo, French Equa- 

 torial Africa, Shari river and Lake Chad), Sudan, Somaliland, 

 Uganda. 



Distingtashing cliaraders. — Back and mantle dark chestnut; 



