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R<})iffe. — This species is distribiited generallv throiiijjhoiit the 

 Ethiopian Région. It is représentée! in the British Muséum from 

 Sénégal, Gold Coast, N. and S. Nigeria, Cameroon, St. Thomas' 

 Island, Sudan, Niam-Niam, Nvasaland, Rhodesia, Zambesi River, 

 Zanzibar, Transvaal, Azores, Ascension Island. 



Himantornis haematopus. 



Htmaiitoniis hacinatof>tis H.-vrti.., J. f. O., 1S55, p. 357. — Tvpe 

 localitv : Dabocrom, Gold Coast. 



There is an e.xample of the Nkulengu Rail in the Tring Muséum 

 from S. Nigeria obtained by Ansorge at Degama in Julv, iqo2. 



In the fhis, 1921, p. m, I named this Rail trinomiallv, belie- 

 ving that H whitesidei Sh.\rpe was a subspecies of the présent 

 form. I find, however, that in Lord Rothschii.d's Muséum there 

 are examples of both forms from Gaboon, and that both occur side 

 bv side on the Uelle River. They must, therefore, be kept as 

 distinct species: verv little is known of the range of //. ivhitesidei. 



Range. — Libéria, Gold Coast, S. Nigeria, Cameroon, Gaboon. 



Family COLUMBIDAE. 



Streptopelia vinacea vinacea. 



Coliimha vinacea Gmei.., Svst. Nat., I, pt. 2, 1789, p. 782. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Sénégal. 



Mr. Kemp shot an example of the Vinaceous Ring-necked Dove 

 at Agoulerie in May. 1915. 



From N. Nigeria there is a voung bird from tlie nest labelled 

 « Niger » collected by Stevens. 



Range. — The tvpical bird is conlined to West Africa and 

 ranges from Sénégal to Southern Nigeria. It is represented in the 

 British Muséum from the Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, the Gold 

 Coast, Northern and Souihern Nigeria. 



