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calîirus. A third race closely allied to verrcauxi has been named 

 by Reichenow, so that \ve hâve three fonns as follows : 



1. — Criniger calurus calurus. 



Tricophorus calurus Cassin, Proc. Philad. Acad., 1856, p. 158. — 

 Type locality : Moonda river, Gaboon. 



Distinguishhig characters. — Upper tail-coverts and tail rufous, 

 contrasting with the yellowish olive-green back. 



Range. — Represented in the British Muséum from Fernando 

 Po, Cameroon, Gaboon, North Belgian Congo, French Equatorial 

 Africa. 



2. — Criniger calurus verreauxi. 

 Cf. supra. 



Distinguishing characters. — Upper tail-coverts and tail uni- 

 form olive-green like the back, tail feathers only slightly washed 

 with rufous. 



Range. — Libéria, Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria. 



3. — Criniger calurus ndussumensis. 



Criniger verreauxi ndussumensis Reichw, Vôgel. Afrikas, III, 

 p. 383. — Type localitv : Ndussuma (Kinjawanga Island and 

 Bellima). 



Distinguishing characters. — Upper tail-coverts and tail inter- 

 mediate in colour between C. c. calurus and C. c. verreauxi. 



Range. — Ndussuma, Western Shore of Lake Albert, N. E. 

 Belgian Congo. 



(A common bush loving species but not very shy, they are 

 sometinies seen feeding on berries overhanging a path. They also 

 eat insects. — W. P. L.) 



