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Distinguishing characters. — Similar to the type of Z-'. bohndorffi^ 

 from which it difFers in having the forehead, fore-part of the face 

 and the chin black, the feathers of the crown blackish, with grey 

 margins ; and the chestnut of the upper-and under-parts darker in 

 colour. (Cf. W. R. O.-G., Trans. Zool. Soc, XIX, 1910, p. 378 

 and plate XVII, fig. i.) 



Observation. — In somewhat hastilv naming Dr Christys 

 collection from the N. Belgian Congo, I determined doubtless 

 correctlv four spécimens from Poko as P. czarnikowi^ one of 

 which, now in the Tervueren Muséum, was a young bird. I 

 described it in the Rev. Zool. Afr., VII, 1920, p. 291, but unfor- 

 tunately omitted to compare it with the type of P. bohndorffi 

 which I did not then realise was also an immature spécimen. The 

 description which I wrote (1. c.) agrées closely with P. bohndorffi 

 and considering the proximity of Sassa to the Uelle River it is 

 not unreasonable to suppose that P. czarnikoivi is but the imma- 

 ture of P. bohndorffi, in which case it will hâve to become a 

 svnonvm of that bird. 



Until actual comparison of the spécimens can be made it is best 

 to treat them as distinct species. In any case should my surmise 

 prove incorrect they cannot be subspecies as thev apparently 

 inhabit the same country! 



Crateropus reinwardti stictilaemus. 



Crateropus stictilaemus Alexander, Bull. B. O. C, XII, 1901, 

 p. 10. — Type localitv : Volta River, Gold Coast. 



A spécimen of the Ashy-cheeked Babbling-thrush was obtained 

 by Mr Kemp at Agoulerie, S. Nigeria in August 1905. 



From Northern Nigeria we hâve examples from Shonga (For- 

 ées), Ilorin (Bryant), Kurikeru and Serikin Kudu (B. Alexan- 

 der). 



