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Range, — C. l. leiicogaster lias an extensive range in Northern 

 Africa. On the West coast it reaches from St. Louis in Sénégal 

 to Gaboon; we hâve spécimens in the British Muséum from the 

 Gambia river, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, and 

 N. and S. Nigeria. 



It extends through the North Belgian Congo into Uganda and 

 from there Northwards through the Sudan, x\byssinia and Somali- 

 land into Southern Arabia. 



The Southern African race of this Starling is : 



CiNNYRICINCLUS LEUCOGASTER VERREAUXI. 



Pholidauges verremixi Bocage in Finsch and Hartl., Orn. Ost. 

 Afr., p. 867. — Type locality : Caconda. 



Has an even larger range than the tvpical race. We hâve a large 

 séries in the Natural History Muséum from Portuguese East Africa, 

 Damaraland, Angola and the Congo, Natal, Matabeleland, Orange 

 Free State, Transvaal, S. Rhodesia, N. Rhodesia, Nvasaland, 

 Tanganyika-Territory, Kenya Colonv, Uganda and Southern 

 Abyssinia, while a single bird has been obtained in Mongalla 

 (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan). 



The Southern race can be distinguished from C. l. leiicogaster at 

 a glance as it possesses a certain amount of white on the outermost 

 pair of tail-feathers, a character which is never found in the 

 Northern race. 



It will be noted therefore that in certain parts of their range 

 both races occur side by sida, notably in the Belgian Congo, 

 Uganda, Southern Abvssinia and Mongalla. 



It is worth remarking however that no spécimen of C /. verreauxi 

 has been taken in West Africa between Sénégal and the Congo. 



(Early in January very few of thèse birds were to be seen, but 

 their numbers were greatlv increased by the middle of February. — 

 W. P. L.) 



