— 407 — 



This species may easily be confused with Andropadus gracilis 

 Cab. Mr W. R. Ogilvie-Grant bas given cbaracters wbereby 

 tbe two species may be distinguished in Ibis, igo8, p. 303. In this 

 paper he also points ont that Andropadus kagerensis Rchw. is 

 founded on an immature example of ^. gracibs. 



A. subspecies bas also been described by Oustalet under the 

 name : 



Andropadus alexandri, 



Andropadus alexandri Oust., Naturaliste, 1892, p. 231. — Type 

 locality : Ubanghi. 



I bave not seen a spécimen from the Ubanghi river, but I bave 

 doubts whether it will prove a valid race- Spécimens which I bave 

 examined from the Uelle river, collected by Boyd Alexander and 

 Dr Christy, are indistinguishable from the typical species. 



(1 found thèse species in thick bush country feeding on berries. 

 — W. P. L.) 



Andropadus virens. 



Andropadus virens Cassin, Proc. Ac. Philad., 1857, p. 34, - 

 Type locality : Cape Lopez and River Muni, Gaboon. 



Mr LowE shot a nice séries of the Little Green Bulbul at the 

 Iju water-works near Lagos, previously to which it had been 

 obtained by Mr Kemp at Burutu in S. Nigeria. 



From Northern Nigeria we bave two spécimens collected by 

 W. A. FoRBES at Shonga, and the Kaduna river by Boyd Alexan- 

 der. There is a magnificent séries of 134 examples of this bird in 

 tbe British Muséum from which it appears that two races may 

 possibly bave to be recognised. The typical bird inhabiting 

 Fernando Pc and Lower Guinea and extending east to Uganda, 

 which may be distinguished by its lighter (greener) colouring, and 

 the yellower centre to the belly. The other race, which I suggest 



