THE 



BIRDS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA 



including a detailed review of the races of species 

 known to occur there 



DAVID A. BANNERMAN.M B. E.,B.A.,M. B O.U.,F.R. 6.S ,C FA OU (') 



(British Muséum, Xalural Hislorv) 



WÎTH NOTES ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE OOUNTRY 



BY 



ROBIN KEMP and WILLOUGHBY P. I.ÔVVE, M. B. O. U. 



PART I 



EULABETIDAE=CAMPEPHAG1DAE. 



The présent paper is based on the inaterial in the British 

 Muséum from Southern Nigeria, a country which from the Orni- 

 thologists' point of view has been neglected to a remarkable extent. 

 In Reichenow's great work the range of many West African birds 

 is given as « Sénégal to Togoland or Dahomey, reph^ced in Came- 

 roon and Gaboon by another race ». It has been hitherto almost 

 impossible to say which race inhabits Nigeria as we hâve practi- 

 cally no material upon which to form an opinion. Thus it has been 

 impossible to say whether the avifauna of Southern Nigeria is best 

 allied with that of Upper Guinea or of Lower Guinea. It was there- 

 fore with particular pleasure that I heard from Mr Willoughby 



(') Published by permission of the Trustées of the British Muséum. 



