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by Ansorge at Oguta in November 1901 and was described and 

 named bv Hartert ; a second spécimen, a female, now in the 

 British Muséum, was obtained by Robin Kemp at Agoulerie in 

 June 1905 and Kemp named it Turdinus phoebei (Bull. B. O. C, 

 XXI, 1908, p. m) comparing it aiso with T. iiioloneyanus, but 

 overlooking the fact that it had already been described by Har- 

 tert. Professer Neumann bas placed a pencil note in the box con- 

 taining the type oi P. phoebei to the cfFect that he bas compared the 

 types of T. phoebei and T. iboeiisis, and allowing for the diffé- 

 rence in size accounted for bv the defferent sex of the spécimens, 

 he found tbem identical in colouration. 



T. phoebei must therefore become a synonym of T. iboeiisis. 



Hartert considered the Nigérian bird a subspecies of the Gold 

 Coast bird, but I disagree with him, the much more slender legs 

 and longer tail of T. iboensis entitling it to spécifie rank, although 

 at first sight the two species look remarkably similar. Its place is 

 certainlv taken hovyever in the Gold Coast by : 



Turdinus moloneyanus. 



Turdinus moloneyanus Sharpe, P. Z. S., 1892, p. 228 : Gold 

 Coast. 



Range. — Gold Coast and Togoland. 



Distinguishing characters . — General colouring of upper-parts 

 rufous, particularly bright on the rump ; under parts browner ; tarsus 

 heavy, tail 65 mm. in length. 



Hypergerus atriceps. 



Moho atriceps Lesson, Traité d'Orn., 1831, p. 646. — Type 

 locality : « les Iles de la mer du Sud » (errore). 



Lesson's description of Moho atriceps exacly fits this species, 

 but the locality from which Lesson thought the bird came « Les 

 Iles de la mer du Sud » is obviously incorrect. Hypergerus atri- 



