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did not secure a séries as theii the question would hâve been 

 settled. The two races from the West coast are : 



1. Malimbus mai.imbicus mai.imbicus. 

 Cf. supra. 



Range. — S. Nigeria (apparentlv) ; Canieroon, Gaboon, N. An- 

 gola, French and Belgian Congo, east to .Semliki Vallev. 



Chief characters. — Throat, cheeks, crest and chest, crimson ; 

 the remainder glossy black becoming smokey-brown on the bellv. 



2. — Malimbus malimbicus melanobrephos. 



Malùnbus malimbicus melanobrephos Hartert, Nov. Zool., 

 XIV, 1907, p. 491. — Tvpe localitv : Fanti, Gold Coast. 



Range (Brit. Mus. Examples). — Portuguese-Guinea, Libéria, 

 Gold coast. 



Note. — Hartert gives (1. c.) the range of this torni as Libéria 

 to Togo, so presumably he had spécimens from Togoland also. 



Distingiiishing characters. — Similar to M. malimbicus but 

 bellv glossy-black in most spécimens. H.^rtert gives other cha- 

 racters for Gold Coast examples. 



A third race of which we hâve no examples in the British 

 Muséum collection bas recentlv been named : 



3. — Malimbus malimbicus crassirostris. 



M alitnbus malimbicus crassirostris Hartert, Nov. Zool., XXVI, 

 1919, p. 140. — Budongo Forest, Unvoro. 



Range. — Uganda. 



Distinguishing charade) s. — Bill thicker, more swollen, much 

 wider at base especiallv between the nostrils (Hartert). 



