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a verv tall tree standing in open ground ». P. A. Tai.bot tound it 

 at Oban in June; W. A. Forhes obtained it at Onitscha in Augnst; 

 and Ansorge shot it on the Lower Niger. The tvpe of this species 

 came troni Casamanse in the narrow strip of French Guinea which 

 lies between the Gambia and Portuguese territory. 



Ratigc. — <". castaneofuscus has a wide range extending .South 

 (according to Sheu.ey) as far as Landana, just North of the mouth 

 of the Congo. It is represented in the British Muséum onlv from 

 Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast and Southern Nigeria. Mr Lowe 

 noted that thev were feeding with the Sunbirds amongstthe flowers. 



(Very abundant, nesting in large colonies of about 150 on tlie 

 tips of branches of a high tree. -■- W. P. P.). 



Maiimbus nitens('). 



Ploceiis nitens Gray, Zool. Mise, 1831, p. 7. — Tvpe locality : 

 Sierra Leone. 



Mr Lowe shot a single maie example ot this deep-crimson 

 breasted \veaver,known as Grav's Malimbe,on Januarv 25th 1920 at 

 Iju water works. Previouslv \ve had received from vS. Nigeria an 

 abnormallv long-winged, heavv-billed bird (which can onlv belong 

 to this species) from Mbarakpa, collected bv P. A. Tai.bot on 

 June i3th 1909. hi Tring there are spécimens from Oguta 

 (Ansorge, October) aud Ogrugu (Braham, March) recorded bv 

 Hartert (Nov. Zool., XIV, 1907, p. 4Q1). 



Range. — The species is represented in the British Muséum 

 from Portuguese Guinea, Gold Coast, S. Nigeria, Cameroon, 

 Gaboon and the Belgian Congo. 



(') Mr Oril Mackworth-Praed has recently worked Uirough this genus in Ihe British 

 Muséum. Part of his work is incorporated in this paper and 1 herewith acknowleJge his 

 assistance. The range of each species of Maiimbus has been worked out by Mr Praed, but 

 I am responsible for the accompanying notes which are largely based on his arrangement of 

 the group. 



