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2. — TURDUS NIGRILORUM POENSIS. 



Turdus poensis B. Alexander, Bull. B. O. C, XIII, 1903, p. 37, 

 Bakaki, Fernando Po. 



Range. — Fernando Po. 



Luscinia megarhyncha megarhyncha. 



Luscinia megarhyncha Brehm Handb. Natiirg. Vôg. Deutschl., 

 1831, p. 356. — Type locality : Gerraany. 



Two female Nightingales were shot by Mr Lowe at Iju water 

 Works on the 23rd Deceraber 1919 and I5th January 1920. 



L. m. megarhyncha is represented in the British Muséum from 

 several localitis in Africa notably Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Soma- 

 liland, Kenya Colony, Sudan, British Central Africa, French 

 Equatorial Africa, the Gold Coast and Southern Nigeria. 



(A tolerably common bird at Iju, feeding in the long grass when 

 disturbed. They sought refuge in thick bush. I never heard any 

 sign of a song. — W. P. L.) 



Saxicola rubetra rubetra. 



Motacilla rubetra Linn., Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 186. — Type 

 locality : Sweden. 



Three spécimens of the Whinchat were shot by Mr Lowe at Iju 

 on the iSth and 26th December and the loth January 1919-1920. 



From Northern Nigeria we hâve examples from Run (Brockle- 

 BANK, 4th January) ; Ibi (Alexander, 20th April) ; Shonga 

 (Forbes). 



It is represented from the following localities in West Africa : 

 Sénégal, Gambia (2oth and 3ist December); Sierra Leone (January, 

 February and March) ; Libéria (i6th January); Gold Coast 

 (November, December, February and March) Northern and 

 Southern Nigeria. (Cf. supra for dates.) 



