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In the material I hâve examined I find that S. cucullattis citcul- 

 latus mav be distinguished from S. c. scutatus in the following 

 points. 



1. Bv the more purple throat which is brovvner in .V. c. scu- 

 tatus. 



2. Bv the more heavilv barred rump and under-tail-coverts. 



3. Bv the more metallic green on the sides of the body, which 

 is often, thongh not invariablv, absent in spécimens of 5. c. scu- 

 tatus. 



Range. — The vàn'^toï S.ciicullatus cucullaius (vvorkedout irom 

 material in the British Muséum onlv) I consider to be : Sénégal, 

 Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Northern 

 and Southern Nigeria, French Equat : Africa, North Belgian 

 Congo, Cameroon, Princes Island, St. Thomas Island, Gaboon, 

 possiblv occurring in Northern Angola (and ? Bahr-el-Ghazel trom 

 which we hâve one apparentlv typical spécimen). 



The East African race S. c. scutatus has an equallv wide range 

 extending from Abvssinia (Type localitv : Dembea), through 

 Kenva Colonv, Tanganvika Territory, Uganda, Nyasaland, 

 Port. E; Africa westwards to Angola, and South through Natal 

 and Transvaal to Cape Colonv. It also inhabits Zanzibar and the 

 Comoro Islands. 



(Of the former species in Southern Nigeria Mr Lowe says : 

 « Abundant especiallv amongst the orange and lemon trees in the 

 compound. » — W. P. L.) 



Spermestes bicolor. 



Aiiiadina hicolor Fkaser, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 145. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Cape Palmas, Libéria. 



Three spécimens of the Northern Black and VVhite Mannekin 

 were obtained by Lowe at Iju in January. Other records trom 

 Southern Nigeria areOban in May (Talbot coll.) and two nestlings 

 from Abeokuta (H. Robin coll. recorded by Nicholson) no date. 

 The onlv example from Northern Nigeria is from Rabba on the 

 Niger (Ferrymak coll.). 



