— i8o — 



D/sii/i^iii.i/ii/iff cJujjiicters. — Very siiiall si/e and darkcr 

 coloiiring tliroughout; wing measuremenls 246-286. 



There are not many spécimens of this race in the British Muséum. 

 I give their wing measurenTents and sex. 



Sierra Leone 246 niin. 9 



» 252 » cf 



» 254 » cf 



» 263 » cT 



Portuguese Giiinea 2h6 » ç^ 



Southern Nigeria ... ... 250 » O 



2. — SCOPI^S LMHKETTA HANNKKMANI . 



Scopus iiDibretta hanncrmani i^.. Gkant, Bull. B. (). C, XXX \', 

 1914, p. 27 : Mt. Leganisho. Kenya Colony. 



Range — Represented in the British Muséum froni Xorthern 

 Nigeria, Angola, Sudan, Abyssinia, Somaliland, Kenya Colony, 

 Rhodesia, Portuguese East Africa and the Union of South Africa 

 (Natal, Transvaal, Cape Colony, etc.). 



Distiiiguishing characters. — Size much larger; wings usually 

 well over 300 nun. ; coloration of body paler. 



Observation. — Mr. Ci,.\ude Grant has separated the Ham- 

 merkop inhabiting the whole of Africa (other than Sénégal to 

 S. Nigeria) on account of its much larger size and has called this 

 bird after myself. Although vve hâve increased material since ihis 

 bird was nanied, Mr. Graxt 's action is fullv borne ont, but bv the 

 acquisition of a bird from Gunnal, Portuguese Guinea and others 

 from S. Africa, the measurenients Mr. Gkant gave niust be slightlv 

 modified. 



I hâve measured the wings of ail adult spécimens in the British 

 Muséum and consider the resnlt of sufficient interest to publish in 

 full : comparison should be niade with those of tvpical examples 

 {stipra). 



