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(This is a very abundent bird at the water works. I foiind it 

 in small flocks in December. In February they were paired and 

 Mr Brown tells me they breed hère yearly. — W. P. L.) 



Anthus gouldi gouldi. 



Anthiis goiildii Fraser, P. Z. S., 1843, P 27. — Type localitv : 

 Cape Palmas, Libéria. 



As already mentioned under the previoiis species, I hâve assigned 

 two birds which Mr Lowe shot at Y\\\ near Lagos on December 3ith 

 and January iSth (n°- 118 and 244 of the séries) to the above 

 species. They are darker and less refous, than the rest of the séries, 

 which I conclude to be A. l. zeiikeri^ and hâve the outer tail 

 feathers almost as dark as the central tail feathers, a fact which 

 Mr Lowe noticed as soon as he picked them up. Thèse two birds 

 closely resemble typical spécimens of Gould's Pipit from Libéria, 

 and can be picked eut at once (quite apart trom the colouring of 

 the tail feathers) from the other twelve Lagos spécimens. 



Range. - Li my opinion Aiithus gouldi gonldi ranges from 

 Gambia to Southern Nigeria; spécimens in the British Muséum 

 from Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Libéria, and the 

 Gold Coast belonging to this species. 



Family NECTARINIIDAE. 



Cinnyris superbus. 



Certhia superba Shaw., Gen. Zool., VIII, 1811, p. 193. — Tvpe 

 locality : Malimba. 



A séries of the Superb Sun-bird was obtained by Mr Lowe at 

 Iju near Lagos in December and Juanuary ; curiously enough thèse 

 are the first records from Nigeria; there is only one female amongst 

 the séries, seven adult maies, and one immature maie in the 

 exceedingly interesting transition stage (n° 103). 



While examining the séries in the British Muséum I came 



