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Hartlaubs Grey-headed iSerin has been obtained in Southern 

 Nigeria on a niimber of occasions. It is first recorded by Nichol- 

 SON (P. Z. S., 1878, p. 130) from Abeokuta (Robin) and by 

 Shelley (Ibis, 1883, p. 549) from the Niger région, the spécimen 

 having been obtained apparentiy at Abuchi by Forbes. 



A small séries was obtained at x'\^goiilerie in June and July by 

 Robin Kemp, and a single bird at Anambra Creek by Lovveli,. 



AU thèse examples are in the British Muséum. Mr Lowe did 

 not meet with the bird near Lagos. 



In Northern Nigeria Bovd Ai.exander shot a spécimen at 

 Kombe (? Kombo on the Gonogola river). 



Range. — The range appears to be : Sénégal, Gainbia, Portu- 

 guese Guiuea, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Northern Territories of 

 Gold Coast, Togoland hinterland, Northern Nigeria, Southei-n 

 Nigeria. 



It is worth pointing ont that birds obtained from January to 

 April (Gold Coast) are very much greener on the upper-parts than 

 birds shot from .May to August (Port : Guinea and S. Nigeria) the 

 latter being a much greyer-green and having the crown pure grey. 

 That the change is seasonal is obvions. 



I follow Messrs Scl.-^ter and PrEx-^d in their récognition of the 

 races oi S. iiiozamhicus. (1. c. siipra.) 



The West African forms mav be sunimarised as follows : 



1. — Serinus mozambicus c.\niceps. 

 Orig. réf. and range. — Cf. supid. 



2. — Serinus moz.^mbicus punctigui..-\. 



Serinus punctigiila RcHW., O. M., i8q8, p. 23 : Cameroon. 



Rail se. — Cameroon. 



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Distinguishing charactcr.s. — Cf. Sci.ater and Pr.\ed (1. c). 



