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Mr Cyril Mackworth-Praed has in Christmas 1920 worked 

 through the entire T. liboiiianus group in the British Muséum and 

 has kindlv supplied the following notes : I hâve checked this work 

 in so far as the West African foi-ms are concerned. The races we 

 recognised are as follows : 



1. TURDUS l.IBONIANUS LIBONIANUS. 



Meriila libonyana Smith, Rep. Exp. Centr. Afr , 1836, p. 45 : 

 Kurrichaine N. W. Transvaal. 



Range. — Zululand, Transvaal, Southern Rhodesia, Southern 

 Portuguese East Africa. 



Distinguishing characters. — A large and pale, though brightly- 

 coloured, race. 



2. — TuRDUS LIBONIANUS TROPICALIS. 



Turdus tropicalis Peters, J. f. O., 1881, p. 50 : Inhambane. 



Range. — N. Rhodesia, S. Belgian Congo, Nyasaland, Coast of 

 Tanganvka Territory. 



Distinguishing characters. — A duskier race and possibly 

 smaller : Our material from the coast of the Tanganyika Territory 

 is very poor, and it may be that birds from that localitv will 

 eventuallv be found in a séries to difier from Nyasaland examples. 

 The coastal birds seem very small. 



3. — TuRDUS LIBONIANUS PELIOS. 



Turdîis pelios Bonap., Consp. I, 1850, p. 273 : Central Asia; apud 

 Seebohn, Cat. Birds, V, p. 230 : N. E. Africa. 



Range. ~ Abyssinia, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 



Distinguishing characters. — Very like the last race but with 

 the orange of the flanks slightly paler and with the streaking on the 

 sides of the throat much less prononced. 



