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y. — TURDUS LIBONIANUS SATURATUS. 



Peliocichla saturata Cab., J. f. O., 1882, p. 320 : Cameroon. 



Range. — Gold Coast, N. and S. Nigeria, French Equat : 

 Africa (Ubangi and Shari Distr.) Cameroon, Gaboon, Congo 

 (Loango). 



Distinguishing characters. — Greyer than T. l. schûetti, and 

 with the orange confined to the flanks. 



8. — TuRDUS LIBONIANUS LUGUBRIS. 



Ttirdus lugubris Bodd., Tabl. PI. Enlum, 1783, p. 33 : Sénégal. 



Synoiiym. ~ Turdus pelios guineensis Rchw., Mitt. Zool. Mus. 

 Berlin, 191 1, p. 237, is suppressed by himself as a synonym of the 

 above (J. f. O., 1918, p. 110). 



Range. — Sénégal, Garabia, Sierra Leone, Libéria. 



Distinguishing characters. — A race with no orange on the 

 flanks at ail. 



Note. — ïwo birds which hâve been confused with the Ttirdus 

 libonianus group are T. nigrilorum Reichw from Cameroon 

 Mountain, and T. poensis Alexander from Fernando Po. We 

 consider however that they are two races of a quite distinct 

 species, which has among other things a shorter taii and darker 

 axillaries and under wing coverts'. T. n. poensis is very close to 

 typical T. n. nigrilorum, but is distinctly browner, and of a much 

 less grey colour on both the upper and under side. 



They must stand in future as : 



I. — TuRDUS NIGRILORUM NIGRILORUM. 



Turdus nigrilorum Rchw., Stbz, D. O. G., March, 1892 : 

 Cameroon Mountain. 



Range. — Cameroon Mountain. 



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