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 2. — NlGKlTA RICOLOR BRUNNKSCENS. 



Cf. siipra. 



Range. — Cameroon, Princes Island, Gaboon, South to Lan- 

 dana, East to Aruwhimi river and Upper Belgian Congo. 



I)istiitguislii)ig clianicters. — Similar to A'^. biculor but upper- 

 parts rufous-brown, very deep in colour wlien treshly moulted ; 

 seldom anv grev shade. 



3. NiGRITA RICOLOR SATURATIOR. 



Nigrita hicolor satuiiitior Rchw. Orn. Monatsber, 1902, p. 173 : 

 Atjanga in Uvamba, Uganda. 



Range. — Apparentlv confined to Uganda. 



Distinguishing characters. — Similar to hrunnescens but upper- 

 parts darker. 



(A single bird of N. h. hi uiuicsceiis tound singing on the top of 

 a dead tree trunk in open tarm country was the onlv one seen. It 

 vvas in breeding condition; it feeds on grass seeds. — W. P. L.) 



Nigrita luteifrons luteifrons. 



Nigrita luteifrons Verr., Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1851, p. 420. — 

 Type localitv : Gaboon. 



Mr LowE secured four spécimens of this Pale-fronted Negro- 

 linch at Iju, Lagos in December and Januarv, noting that «; it 

 feeds with sunbirds in the flowers », two of the spécimens are 

 adults and agrée closelv with typical examples from Gaboon; the 

 two young are changing from the brown immature dress to that of 

 the maie, the breast of one bird having already become quite 

 black. Ansorge had already obtained this bird in Southern Nigeria, 

 and it was obtained bv the Ruwenzori expédition in the E. Congo 

 Forest. Its true habitat is Gaboon and Cameroon. A subspecies is 



