— 'j>J — 



Range. — West Africa : Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra 

 Leone, Ivorv Coast, Gold Coast, N. and S. Nigeria, Prince's 

 Island, St. Thomas Island, Gaboon, N. Angola. 



Ëast Africix : Abyssinia, Somaliland, (S. Arabia), Kenya Colony, 

 Cape Colony, 



Observation. — Some authors do iiot distinguish between this 

 and the typical species from India. 



2. — MiCROPUS .\FF1NIS KOENIGI. 



Mi cr opïis koenigi R'Eicnw., Orn. Monatsber., 1894, p. 192 : Jebel 

 el Meda, Tunisia. 



Range. — Represented in the British Muséum only from Tunisia 

 and Morocco. 



Distingiiishing characters. — Much paler, particularly on the 

 forehead; larger. 



Observation. — Hartert apparently unités this form with 

 M. affinis galilejensis as he records Buchanan's birds from Kano 

 as the latter race, cf. Nov. Zool., XXVIII, 1921, p. m. 



(A common bird near Lagos nesting under the leaves ot the 

 bungalo. Thev use the down from the rubber trees for nesting 

 material. Thev are quite noisv and were frequently heard at 

 midnight on moonlight nights. — W. P. L.) 



Tachynantes parvus brachypterus. 



Tachornis parvus brachypterus Reichw., Vôg. Afr., II, 1903, 

 p. 386. — Tvpe locality : Tschintschoscho, Loango. 



A single example of the West African Palm-Swift was shot by 

 Mr. LowE at Iju, near Lagos. Robin obtained a spécimen at Abeo- 

 kuta. The races of this Swift hâve been discussed bv Mr. Claude 

 Grant {^Ibis, 1915, pp. 309-311) and recentlv the group has been 



