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Malimbus racheh'ae. 



Sycohius racheliae Cassin. Proc. Phil. Acad., 1858, p. ^6. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Gaboon. 



ïvvo spécimens of Rachel's Malimbe were obtained bv 

 P. A. Talbot on August i8th, iqog at Mbarakpa, S. Nigeria. 

 This remarkable bird bas the appearance of being a hvbrid, witb 

 its scarlet head and lower throat ; yellow breast and nnder tail- 

 coverts, and black bellv; but as ail the spécimens we bave are 

 unifonnly coloured, and as spécimens hâve been obtained froni 

 such widelv separated districts as S. Nigeria and Gaboon, I can 

 only consider the bird to be a distinct species and treat it as such. 

 In the British Muséum we hâve spécimens from S. Nigeria (Mba- 

 rakpa); Cameroon (Efulen) and Gaboon. 



Note. — The only other species which Mr Pread and I place 

 in the genus Malimbus are Maliinhus cnssini, Malinihiis coronatus 

 and Malimbus flavipes. None of thèse species occur in Southern 

 Nigeria but I hâve thought fit to include them in this footnote so 

 that our review^ of the genus mav be complète : As the females of 

 the first two mentioned species are entirely black and moreover 

 hâve been confused also with Melanopteryx iiigenimiis and 

 M. maxwelli (') I would dravv the readers attention to Mr Bate's 

 field notes on the distinguishing characters df the forms mentioned. 

 His careful observations are too long to quote hère, but mav be 

 found in Ibis, 1909, pp. 39 and 41. 



We consider the range of the two first named species to be as 

 follows : 



Malimbus cassini. 



Sycohius cossi ni ¥aaaoï^ Ibis, 1859, p. 392. Gaboon. 



Range. — Cameroon, Gaboon, N. Angola, Belgian Congo. 



(') Some distinguishing cliaracters between the females of Malimbus coronatus and 

 vJ/;c/««o/)/^/;v.v wîvai^/A hâve been pointed ont by Oi.givieGkant. Cf. Ibis, 1917, pp 74-75. 



