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belong to this race, nor do I believe the Doleiba spécimen can be 

 referred to C r. petrophila. 



I shall not attempt to discuss the races of C. rufopileata as I do 

 not consider thev are clearlv defined. 



Cisticola erythrops erythrops. 



Drymoeca erythrops Hartl., Orn. W. Afr., 1857, p. 58. — Type 

 locality : Calabar, S. Nigeria. 



Mr LowE obtained four spécimens at Iju in December and 

 January of the BufF-breasted Fantail-warbler, the type of which 

 species was also obtained in Southern Nigeria at Calabar. 



From Northern Nigeria we hâve spécimens from Lokoja 



(FORBES). 



It is represanted in the British Muséum bv a large séries from 

 Cameroon (Bâtes) and from the Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria, 

 French Equatorial Africa (Ubanghi river) and Uganda. 



The races of Cisticola erythrops bave been worked out by 

 Messrs Sclater and Praed in Ibis, 1918, pp. 656-657 where 

 several new forms hâve been described. The only other race from 

 Western Africa is apparently : 



Cisticola erythrops pyrrhops. 



Melocichla pyrrhops Cabanis,- J. f. O., 1875, P- 236 : Tschin- 

 tschoscho, Gaboon. 



Range. — Gaboon, extending eastwards to Nyasaland and the 

 Zambezi valley. 



Distinguishing characters. — A pronounced olive wash on the 

 back. 



Observation. — For the other races see the paper cited above 

 (Ibis, 1918, pp. 656-657). 



