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A. a. capitnlha extends from the Gold Coast eastwards through 

 Togoland. It is not therefore surprising to find thaï birds from the 

 extrême South West ot Southern Nigeria belong to this form. 



The three torms of Aniblyospiza alhifrons occuring in North 

 East and East Africa were mentioned bv Sclater and Praed in 

 their Birds of the Anglo-Egvptian Sudan but no complète review 

 of the races of the White-fronted Grosbeak-weaver has appeared 

 for some time. 



Thev are as foUows : 



1. — Amrlvospiza albifrons albifrons. 



Pyrrlnda albifrons Vigors P. Z. S., 183 1, p. 92 : Algoa Bav. 



Range. — Cape Colonv, Pondoland, Natal, Transvaal, Southern 

 Rhodesia, Nyasaland. 



2. — Amblyospiza albifrons unicolor. 



Pyrenestcs unicolor FiscH and Reich, Orn. Centralb., 1878, p. 88 : 

 Mombasa and Zanzibar. 



Range. — Coastal districts of Kenva Colonv. (Mombasa, Chan- 

 ganve, Witu, Lamu, Kinakombe, Tsavo), Zanzibar. 



3. — AmbLYOSPIZA albifrons MONTANA. 



Aniblyospiza albifrons inontana Van Someren, Bull. B. O. C, 

 XLI, 1921, p. 122 : Fort Hall, Kikuvu Mts, Kenva Colonv. 



Range. — Kenva Colonv (Kenya, Kikuvu, Nairobi, Kisumu, 

 Ritui) Tanganvika Territorv (part). 



Observation. — A bird from Kilimanjaro seems to belong to this 

 large form, wing 92 mm. This is contrary to my expectations 



