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MaI.IMBUS . CORON ATUS. 



Malimhus coronahis Sharpe, Bull. B. (). C, XIX, p. 18. — 

 River |a; Cameroon. 



Sytionyiuous. — Malimhus giacilirostris Kcnw, ). t. ()., 1909, 

 p. 108 : Spanish Guinea. 



Range. — Cameroon, N. Belgian Congo. 



Malimkus flavipes. 



This bird is known onlv- troni the type spécimen a temale seciired 

 at Avakubi, Itiiri district, and described bv the collecter iVIr Cha- 

 PIN. This bird will add to the existing difficulties of naming thèse 

 weavers, for it is also « entirelv black », dift'ering from the other 

 black forms in the large size of the nostril and the form of the bill 

 which is hgured. (Cf. Chapin, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 XXXV, 19 16, p. 27). Avakubi is also the Tvpe localitv of 

 Malimhus gracilirostris Rchw which has been proved to be the 

 female of Malimhus coroiiatus! 



Ratifie. — The range oi M . fiavi[>es as tar as vve knovv at présent 

 is confined to the Ituri District of the Belgian Congo. 



liyphanturgus ocularius brachypterus. 



Ploceus hrachyptcrus Swains, Bds of W. Afr., I, 1837, p. 168. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Sénégal. 



Three spécimens of Swainson's Spectacled Weaver-bird were 

 obtained bv Lowe at Iju, Lagos in December and Januarv; while 

 Robin shot it at Abeokuta as recorded bv Nicholson (1. c, p. 130). 

 Thev are indistinguishable from birds obtained further North 

 in the Ganibia, Sierra Leone, etc. Hartekt records it i^Nov. 

 Zool., XIV, p. 497) from several localities in Southern Nigeiùa : 

 Agheri, June and September; Akassa and Forcados. December; 

 Degama, Februarv; Buguma, March ; ail coUected bv Ansorge. 



