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Tschagra senegala pallida. 



Telophomis senegalus pallidus'H'EViAAti'S, ]. f. O., 1907, p. 375. — 

 Type locality : Accra, Gold Coast. 



The spécimens of the Sénégal Tschagra which hâve been 

 obtained in Southern Nigeria must be assigned to this race. There 

 are only three examples in the Muséum obtained by Lowe et Iju, 

 by EwART at Lagos and by Kemp at Agoulerie, besides a large 

 séries from the Gold Coast. 



In the Tring Muséum there are spécimens from Oguta (Ansorge) 

 and Anambra Creek (Braham) in S. Nigeria. 



The races of this shrike hâve been reviewed by Neumann in 

 the J. f. O., 1907, pp. 373-379 and bave been cominented on by 

 Mr ScLATER in Shelley's, Birds of Africa, V, pp. 364-365 and 

 again by Messrs Sclater and Praed in the Ibis, 1918, pp. 636-639. 



I only propose to deal with the West African races in this 

 paper and refer workers in other parts of Africa to the works cited, 

 ail three of which should be consulted. 



In the first place I disagree with .Sclater and Praed in uniting 

 the Tschagra Shrikes from Sénégal to Angola under one name, that 



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of the typical bird. We hâve, as Mr Sclater bas said, a wonderful 

 séries of F. senegalus in the British Muséum and as far as the 

 West African races are concerned I can see the différences pointed 

 ont by Neumann. In addition to upholding T. senef>alus senegalus, 

 T. s. pallidus, 7\ s. camericnensis and T. s. rufofusca, I recognise 

 still another form from the Lake Chad district of Northern Nigeria, 

 spécimens of which were not accessible to Neumann when he wrote 

 his review. This is a pale-backed, pale-bellied form, larger and 

 paler than T. s. pallidus, and I include it in the following list of 

 the West African races of T. senegalus; the characters enume- 

 rated are from my own examination unless otherwise stated. 

 The West African races are : 



I. — Tschagra senegala senegala. 



Lanius senegalus Linn., Syst. Nat., 1766, p, 137 : Sénégal. 



Range. — Sénégal, Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, 

 (Libéria). 



