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forms. From Northern Nigeria we hâve in the British Muséum a 

 single adult maie obtained at Shonga (W. A. Forbes) and I hâve 

 also been lent by the Tring Muséum authorities, two maies, from 

 Ilorin (28. VII. 06) and Kaduna (Poggidini coll. iqi2), 



There are also in the British Muséum 3 unsexed spécimens 

 (apparentlv females) from the Gold Coast; I am not altogether 

 satisfied vvith the identification of thèse Gold Coast birds. The 

 bills are small out of ail proportion to the maies, and there is a 

 maie bird labelled « Fantee » in peculier plumage which has a 

 short vving (63 mm.) and small bill, and which much more nearly 

 resembles P. 0. rothscbildi from Southern Nigeria. 



The range of Vieillots Notch-billed Weaver is apparentlv 

 Northern Nigeria extending South as far as Agoulerie in Southern 

 Nigeria, at which place it meets P. 0. rothschildi. Westwards 

 P. 0. ostrinus (') occurs in the Gold Coast (if the birds in the 

 British Muséum hâve been correctly identified by Captain Sheli.ey 

 and others (ail are apparentlv females with the smgle exception of 

 the small-billed short-winged bird mentioned above) and also, 

 according to Neumann (J. f. O., iqio, p. 527) in Togoland 

 (Berlin Muséum). 



Pyrenestes ostrinus rothschildi. 



Pyrenestes ostrinus rothschildi Neumann, J. f. O., 19 10, p. 5 28. — 

 Tvpe locality : Warri, Niger Delta, Southern Nigeria. 



Rothschild's Notch-billed Weaver is a perfectlv good race dis- 

 tmguished at sight bv its much smaller bill and smaller size 

 (d' 60-64; Q 58-62 mm.) 



It was described by Professor Neumann from examples in the 

 Tring Muséum. Neumann reviewed the whole group in the ]. f. O., 



(') In the Ibis, 1912, p 232, I wrongly identified two young female examples obtained by 

 Mi'LowK in Sierra Leone (n°s 428 and 443) as P. ostrinus. 'l'hey .should hâve been lisled as 

 P. s. coccineus. (Cf. Ibis, 1914, p. 199.) .\s Col. Kelsall remaries when pomting out niy 

 error, the females of thèse two species are indistinguishable. 



