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Libéria, Gold Coast, Northern and Southern Nigeria, extending 

 Eastwards through French Equatorial Africa and the North 

 Belgian Congo. Sclater and Praed believe that the typical 

 species entends as for as Roseires on the Blue Nile (cf. Ibis, 1918, 

 p. 682), but I am inclined to think that thèse spécimens, together 

 with birds from Southern Abyssinia, should be kept distinct from 

 the following race, which however they very closely resemble. 



2. — Bessonornis verticalis melanonota. 



Bessoiioruis i/ieIaiio)iota Cabanis, J. f. O., 1875, P- 235 : Tschint- 

 schoscho, Loango. 



Range. — Cameroon, Gaboon, N. x^ngola, Belgian Congo, 

 Uganda. 



Distmgiiislimg characters. — Upper-parts blacker, under-parts 

 darker chestnut than in the typical species. 



3. — Bessonornis verticalis snbsp. 



Birds from S. Abyssinia, Lado and the Bahr-el-Ghazal may 

 possiblv require keeping separate from B. v. melanonota as they 

 appear to be slightly darker coloured and to be a trifle larger. If 

 not separated they must be united with B. v. melanonota which 

 thev resemble much more closelv than they do the typical form. 



Range. — S. Abvssinia, Lado and Bahr-el-Ghazal in the Anglo- 

 Egvptian Sudan. 



Pycnonotus barbatus nigeriae. 



Pycnonotus barbatus nigeriae Hartert, Bull. B. O. C, XLI, 

 192 1, p. 126. — Type locality : Degama, S. Nigeria. 



A single example of the Nigérian White-vented Bulbul was 

 obtained at Iju, Lagos by Mr Lowe. It belongs to the new race 



