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2. — EURYSTOMI'S AFER PUI.CHERRIMUS. 



Etirystomus afer pulcherriinus Neumann, J. f. O.. 1905, p. 186 : 

 Malandje. 



Distribution. — Northern Angola possiblv extending into 

 Gaboon and the Congo, though birds tVom thèse last two men- 

 tioned localities inav usuallv be referred to the tvpical race. 



Distinguishing cluXractei s. — Of a richer colouring throughout 

 than E. a. afer. 



(This Koller aboiinds near Lagos ; it looks extraordinarily like 

 a hawk when perched on a tree and is irequentlv shot as such. — 

 W. P. L.) 



Eurystomus gularis neglectus. 



Eurystoiiius gii/aris neglectns Neumanx, Orn. Monatsber, X\'I, 

 1908, p. 28. — Type locality : Canhoca, Angola. 



Neither Wii.loughby Lowe nor Robix Kemp met with this 

 bird. A spécimen of this sub-species was obtained, however, at 

 Oban, S. Nigeria by P. A. Talrot in Julv, 191 1. 



The Southern représentative of the Blue-throated RoUer is 

 represented in the National collection bv spécimens trom 

 Cameroon, Gaboon, Angola and the North Belgian Congo as far 

 east as Mawambi î'Christy coll.), while Reichenow records it 

 from Fernando Po under E. gularis. This example from S. Nige- 

 ria has the dark under surface of neglectns but has not the bright 

 blue upper tail-coverts and nnist be considered intermediate. The 

 typical E. gularis gularis extends apparently from Sénégal and 

 Sierra Leone to the Gold Coast, but \ve hâve only spécimens from 

 the two last mentioned localities and none from Sénégal, Libéria 

 or the French Ivory Coast. Reichenow {Vôg. Afr., II, p. 232) 

 however, records it from Sénégal and Libéria. 



Eurystomus gularis gularis was described by Vieillot in the 



