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Aerops albicollis albicollis. 



Mciof>x a/hicollis Vikii.l., Nouv. Dict., XI\', 1S17, p. 15. — 

 Type localitv : Sénégal. 



Tlie White-throated Bee-eater is evideiitlv a verv coinnion 

 species in Southern Nigeria. It has been obtained bv niost coUec- 

 tors in the foUowing localities: Iju vvater works, Lagos (VV. Lowe); 

 Agoulerie (Kemp); Old. Calabar (Hysi.op); Anainbra Creek 

 (Lowei.l); Abeokuta (Kohin), ail represented in the British 

 Muséum collection. 



Froin Northern Nigeria Boyd Ai.kx.vndkr obtained it at (iujiba, 

 Serikim Kudu, Loko and inanv localities round Lake Chad. Froin 

 Shonga \ve liave spécimens ex W. A. Forbes collection. 



The tvpical White-throated Bee-eater has a wide range in West 

 Africa. Another race has been described from East and north east 

 Africa bv Pakrot but Sci,.\ter and Fraed do not consider the 

 différences sufficient to uphold this race. If recognised, the two 

 forms would hâve the following range. 



1. — Aerops almicoi.i.is albicollis. 



Range. — Sénégal, Port. Guinea, .Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold 

 Coast, N. and S. Nigeria, Lake Chad, French Equatorial Africa, 

 N. Belgian Congo, Cameroon, Gaboon. 



2. — Aerops .albicollis m.-\jor. 



Merops albicollis major P.\rrot, Orn, Monatsber., XVIII, 19 10, 

 p. 12. — Type localitv : Bagamoyo. 



Ran/^e. — Sudan, Abyssinia, Somaliland, S. Arabia), Kenya 

 Colonv, Uganda, and according to P.\rrot the lower Belgian Congo 

 extending south to the Zambesi river. 



Su/>posed distiiiguisliitig characters. — Wider black tiiroat-band 

 and larger size. 



(A common bird noticed in small flocks, especially along the 

 téléphone wires. — W. P. L.) 



