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3- — NlGRITA CANICAPILLA SCHISTACEA. 



Nigrita schistacea Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 118. — Type locality : 

 Sotik, Kenva Colonv. 



Distinguishing characters. — Distinguished from N. c. cnni- 

 capilla bv having onlv tinv whiLe spots on the lesser and médian 

 wing-coverts, and no white spots atall on the greater wing-coverts. 



Range. — Kenya Colonv, Uganda. 



4. — Nigrita canicapilla emiliae. 



Nigrita emiliae Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 384. — Tvpe locality : 

 Fantee, Gold Coast. 



Distinguishing characters. — Rump greyer^ not inclining to 

 white; white markings on wing verv faint, confined to lesser and 

 médian coverts, no spots on greater coverts ; in size smaller than 

 any of the other forms, wing 62-66. 



Range. — Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, Togoland. 



Note. — Ail the above races are compared with the tvpical 

 species. 



5. — Nigrita canicapilla sparsimguttata. 



Nigrita sparsiniguttata , Rchw., J. f. O., 1892, p. 132. — Type 

 localitv^ : Bukoba, Victoria Nvanza. 



Range. — The Geat Lakes of East Central Africa. 



Note. — I hâve seen no spécimens ot this race and cannot there- 

 fore pronounce an opinion on its validitv or otherwise. 



{N. c. canicapilla is a common species in wooded countrv, otten 

 found feeding with Sunbirds. They breed earlv in Jannary; this 

 remark also applies to the bird which Mr Bannerman has iden- 

 tified as jVigrita luteifrons hiteifrons. — W. P. L.) 



