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Distinguishing characiers. — Under tail-coverts white, breast 

 and crop not sharplv defined from the belly which is not so white 

 as in P. b. nigeriae. 



2. — Pycnonotus barbatus nigeriae. 

 Cf. supra. 



Range. — Northern and Southern Nigeria. 



Distinguishing characters. — From P. b. inornatus inay be 

 recognised by much whiter belly, and darker brown throat, which 

 is sharply defined from the rest of the under-surface. 



3. — Pycnonotus barbatus gabonensis. 



Pycnonotus gabonensis Sharpe, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 132. — Type 

 locality : apparently Gaboon. 



Range. — Cameroon, Gaboon. 



Distinguishing characters. ^- May be recognised by the slight 

 vellowish wash on the vent. 



Criniger calurus verreauxi. 



Criniger verreauxi Sharpe, Cat. of African Birds, 1871, p. 21. — 

 Type locality : Fantee, Gold Coast. 



Mr LowE shot three spécimens of Verreaux's White-throated 

 Bulbul at Iju, Lagos. The species was described by Sharpe from 

 the Gold Coast in the Catalogue of Birds, VI, 1881, p. 73, though 

 first mentioned by Sharpe as a new bird as quoted above. Reiche- 

 Now treats Criniger calurus and Criniger verreauxi as two distinct 

 species. It seems however that they replace one another in the 

 countries which they inhabit, and as the différences between them 

 are very slight, I propose to make verreauxi a subspecies of 



