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froin the Gold Coast P. r. iissheri. The Southern Nigérian spéci- 

 mens hâve an indication ot the olive edging to the priniaries so 

 stonglv developed in P. r. ussheri . In the heavy streaking ot the 

 throat thev certainlv resenible P. i . rushine, and I cannot see that 

 we hâve sufficient grounds for separating them from that form. 

 I bave examined the material in the Tring Muséum of this Genus 

 inchiding a small séries from Degama, S. Nigeria collected bv 

 Ansorgè and recognise four distinct races as follows : 



1. — Phoijdornis rushiae rushiae. 

 Cf. supra. 



Range. — Gaboon (typical); Cameroon, Southern Nigeria. 



Observation. — It is worth remarking that there do not seem 

 to be anv Gaboon spécimens in collections. I hâve therefore com- 

 pared the foUewing races with Cameroon spécimens of which we 

 hâve a nice séries, and which I présume to be tvpical. 



2. — Pholidornis rushiae bedfordi. 



P/iu/i(iornis bedfordi OGn.viiî.-GKAm:, Bull. B. O. C, XIV, 1904, 

 p. 56 : Santa Isabel, N. Fernando Po. 



Range. — Fernando Po. 



Distinguishing char aciers. — Striations on throat and breast 

 deeperand wider, and are continued on to the flanks; wing feathers 

 not edged with olive-green. 



3. — Pholidornis rushiae ussheri. 



Pholidornis ussheri RcHW., Vôg. Afr., III, p. 529 : Gold Coast. 



Range. — Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast. 



Distinguishing characters. — Striations on throat and breast 

 much finer than in tvpical bird, wing coverts and primaries edged 

 with olive. 



