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 There are three known races of this bird as follows : 



1. — Erythrocercus maccalli maccalli. 



Erythrocerciis maccalli Cassin., Proc. Ac. Se. Philad., 1855, 

 p. 326. — Type locality : Moonda River, Gaboon. 



Note. — There are a number of spécimens in the British Muséum 

 collected by G. L. Bâtes in Cameroon, and one bird from the 

 Congo. 



Range. — Gaboon, Cameroon, W. Belgian Congo. 



2. — Erythrocercus maccalli congicus. 



Erythrocercîis congicus Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C, XIX, 

 1907, p. 41. — Type locality : Congo forest East (3,000 ft). 



Range. — Eastern Congo Forest. 



Distinguishing characters. — From the typical race by having 

 a darker crown of a deeper chestnut colour than in E. m. nigeriae. 



3. — Erythrocercus maccalli nigeriae. 

 Cf. supra. 



Range. — Southern Nigeria, Western Libéria (Pearse). 



Distinguishing characters. — Entire under surface of bodv, 

 buffish-white ; lacking the deep buff chin, throat and breast of 

 E. m. maccalli ; upper-parts washed with olive-brown, crown of 

 the head of a deeper shade of chestnut than the tvpical bird, and 

 distinctly less bright in colour. 



(This, another new form of the Red-tailed Flycatcher which 

 Mr Bannerman has recently described, has the habit of a Long- 

 tailed Tit, six to eight in family they troop through the dense bush 



