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recently described by Hartert and is very easily distinguished 

 from the tvpical species. 



There is a fairly large Nigérian séries in the British Muséum. 

 Robin Kemp obtained birds at Burutu and Agoulerie, and Robin 

 four adults and a juvénile at Abeokuta, the latter séries being in 

 worn plumage and therefore not showing the characlers so clearly 

 as in Mr Robin Kemp's or Mr Lowe's spécimens. 



From Northern Nigeria we hâve spécimens belonging to this 

 race coUected on the River Niger (Ur Baikie), at Jebba (Capt 

 Abadie), Lokoja(W. A. Forbes), Loko (Forbes), Zungeru (Scott 

 Macfie) and Parda (B. Alexander). 



Both Hartert (Nov. ZooL, XIII, p. 389) and Zedlitz 

 (J. f. O., 1916, p. 68), hâve written on this group, but the inost 

 récent review of the Pycnonotidae is that of Sclater and Praed 

 in the Ibis, 1918, p. 695-698. 



The division they hâve adopted is based on a thorough examina- 

 tion of the extensive material in the British Muséum and seems 

 to be perfectly sound. There is certain to be individual différences 

 of opinion as to the validity of certain races which thèse authors 

 hâve rejected but the review is none the less valuable for that, and 

 the African Pycnonotidae in the British Muséum are now arranged 

 in accordance with their plan. 



The typical species /■*. barbatus barhaius, which was described 

 from Alger, is an inhabitant of Marocco, Algeria and Tunisia. 

 Three forms are recognised in East Africa P. b. arsinoê, 

 P. b. schoanus and P. b. somaliensis, for the range of which see 

 Ibis, 1918^ p. 697; while three races are known to inhabit tropical 

 West Africa. Thèse are : 



I. — Pycnonotus barbatus inornatus. 



Ixos inornatus Fraser, P. Z. S., 1843, p. 27. — Type locality : 

 Cape Coast. 



Range. — Sénégal, Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, 

 Gold Coast. 



