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as the Sénégal river. The Portuguese Guinea spécimens were 

 collected by Ansorge at Gunnal and were breeding, a young bird 

 in spotted plumage was also obtained. 

 There are two forms of B. murinus : 



1. — Bradyornis murinus murinus. 



BradyoïJiis intirinus Hartl and Finsch, Vôgel Ost. Afr., IV, 

 1870, p. 866. — Type locality : Kakonda = Caconda, 

 Angola. 



Range. — Kenya Colony, Uganda, E. Belgian Congo, Nyasa- 

 land, Portuguese East Africa, Rhodesia, Zululand, Transvaal, 

 Angola. 



Distinguishing charaders. — Larger wing 85-101 mm.; tail, 

 70-79 mm. 



2. Bradyornis murinus modestus. 

 Cf. supra. 



Distinguishing characters. — Size smaller, wing 80-89 mm.; 

 tail 66-70 mm. 



(A verv scarce bird of which I obtained a single spécimen in 

 a cassava. — W. P. L.) 



Erythrocercus maccalli nigeriae. 



Erythrocercus maccalli nigeriae Bannerman, Bull. B. O. C, 

 vol. XLI, 1920, p. 5. — Type locality : Iju water works, near 

 Lagos. 



The Nigérian race of Maccall's Flycatcher is a new form disco- 

 vered bv Mr Lowe : he shot 4 spécimens in January and February 

 1920, close to Lagos. 



