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ïn the British Muséum there is a sina[le spécimen labelled 

 * Cage bird » apparently from Dr Hopkinson's Gambian collection, 

 which bas been referred to tbe Nigérian race but it is a worn spéci- 

 men and mav hâve corne from anvwhere! 



Another single spécimen from Prayo, Santiago, Cape Verde Is ; 

 with a wing of 75.5 mm. bas been referred to the small Nigérian 

 form as it shows the chestnut on the breast tvpical of Nigérian 

 spécimens : this example requires carefully looking into. Until \ve 

 bave more material from elsewhere in Africa I prefer to restrict 

 the range of this form to Upper and Lower Nigeria; French Equa- 

 torial Africa and the Kibali River district of the N. Belgian Congo. 



Plesiositagra (') cucullatus cucullatus. 



Orioliis cucullatus P. L. S. Mui.ler, Svst. Nat. Suppl., 1776, 

 p, 87. — Tvpe localitv : Sénégal. 



Mr LowE obtained four examples ot the Sençgalese Spotted- 

 backed Weaver at \\n near Lagos in December and Januarv. From 

 Southern Nigeria it bas also been obtained bv Robin (as alreadv 

 recorded bv Nicholson, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 130) at Abeokuta (no 

 date), bv Tai.bot at Oban (Julv), bv Robin Kemp at Agoulerie 

 (August), bv Hartèrt at Abutschi and bv Forbes also at Abut- 

 schi (Ibis, 1883, p. 550) and bv Ansorge in several localities. 



In Northern Nigeria Bovd Alexander obtained spécimens at 

 Gashaga (Jan), Mutum Biu (Mav). Ibi (April), Dororo (August); 

 from Lake Chad district Yo (Jan), Maifoni (Feb), Kowa-Baga 

 (April); and from the vSbari River, French Equat. Africa (Julv). 

 Spécimens were also collected in Northern Nigeria bv W. A. For- 

 bes at Rabba, Shonga and Loko ; bv Brocki.ebank at Jarko 

 (Mav); bv Bryant at Ilorin (May); by Hartert at Loko and 



{') The new generic name P/esiosilagra was proposed by Mr 1kî;i)ALE aud myself for the 

 group of VTeavers hitherto knuwn under the name Hyphanlornis. For reasons why Textor 

 Tkmmin'Ck as proposed bv ObkrhoLSEr (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 34, 1921, p. 79) cannot be 

 used for this genus see Bull. Bnt. Orii. Club, vol. XLI, p. 129. 



