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(Kf.mp); adult female, Sept; Abutschi (Kemp) ; a doiibtful bird 

 from Fantee (Swanzy). 



Tring Muséum examples ; 4 Buguma (Ansorge) ; 2 Degama 

 (Ansorge) 2 Warri (Roth). 



I do not agrée with Neumann in lumping the members of the 

 genus which hâve the maies with black underparts with those 

 species and subspecies which do not attain the black bellv. I there- 

 fore dévide the genus into three distinct groups. 



The genus Pyreiiestes is now well represented in the National 

 Collection. We hâve everv race except P. 0. fronitni from Tanga- 

 nyika Territoi v, of which 1 hâve not seen a spécimen. The varions 

 forms appear to be as toUows. 



Group I. — Maies with black hellys. 



I. — Pyrenestes ostrinus ostrinus ('). 

 Ci. supra. 



Range. — Northern Nigeria, Southern Nigeria (except Niger 

 Delta) Togoland, Gold Coast (?). 



2. — Pyrenestes ostrinus rothschildi. 



Cf. supra. 



Ra)ige. — Southern Nigeria (Niger Delta). 



3. — Pyrenestes ostrinus gabunensis. 



Pyrenestes ostrinus gabuiiensis Neumann, ]. f. O., iQio, p. 528 

 Lambarini, Ogowe Kiver, Gaboon. 



Range. — Cameroon, Gaboon, North Belgian Congo. 



(') Vieillots figuie (if Loxia ostrina depicts a bird with a crinison head, black belly and 

 brown back, and vvith a verv heavv bill 



