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found on Fernando Po, but there are onlv thèse two forms reco- 

 gnised. A/'. /. /ucieni Sharpe and Bouvier from Ungomongo in the 

 Congo State was founded on a female A^. /. luteifrons. 

 We therefore hâve : 



1. NiGRITA LUTEIFRONS. 



Cf. supra. 



Range. — Gaboon, Cameroon, Eastern Belgian Congo, Sou- 

 thern Nigeria. 



2. — NiGRITA [.UTEIFRONS ALEXANDERI. 



Nigrita ahxanderi Oi.givie-Gran r, Bull. B. O. C, XXI, 1907, 

 p. 16 : Fernando Po. 



Distinguishing char aciers. — « Similar to N. luteifrons but 

 larger, with a longer stouter bill; the golden bufF on the forehead 

 extending backwards over the crown to behind to eves. » — 

 W. R. O. G. 



Range . — Fernando Po. 



(A^. /. luteifrons was less common than N. c. canicapilla but it 

 also associâtes with sunbirds. — W. P. L.) 



Nigrita fusconota fusconota. 



Nigrita fusconota Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 145. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Fernando Po. 



Two spécimens of Fraser's White-breasted Negro-finch were 

 shot by Mr Lowe at Iju, Lagos, in Januarv 1920 by the edge of 

 the thick forest. It had not previously been recorded from Southern 

 Nigeria. 



In the British Muséum we hâve a séries extending from Lagos 

 to N'dala Tando (N. Angola) and Eastwards to Uganda. 



