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Hyliota flavigastra flavigastra. 



Hyliota flavigastra Swains, Class. Birds, II, 1837, p. 260. — 

 Tvpe localitv : West Atrica. 



Mr Robin Kemp obtained two examples of the Yellow-bellied 

 Flycatcher at Agoulerie, S. Nigeria in May and September. 



From Northern Nigeria it bas been shot at Loko bv Forbes, 

 and at Tarkum, Serikin Kudu, and Tapkin Darina by Boyd 

 Alexander. 



I recognise two races of this Flycatcher : 



1. — Hyliota flavigastra flavigastra. 

 Cf. supra. 



Range. — Gambia, Portnguese Guinea, Gold Coast, Togoland, 

 N. and S. Nigeria, French Equatorial Africa, N. Belgian Congo, 

 Bahr-el-Ghazal, Abyssinia, Uganda. 



2. — Hyliota flavigastra barbozae. 



Hyliota barbozae Hartl., J. f. O., 1883, p. 329 : Anchieta, 

 Benguella. 



Range. — South Belgian Congo, Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Ben- 

 guella. 



Distinguishing characters. — Outer edges of inner-secondaries 

 broadlv niargined with white. 



Three other species from W. Africa are recognised : 



Hyliota NEHRKORNI Hartl. ) : white on secondaries. 



! Under wing coverts ' 



Ht 7- I and axiUaries black J 



YLIOTA VIOLACEA VERR. ^ ( no white on secondaries. 



Hyliota australis Shelley. ; ^'''' '"" '''''' ""' s'°"''- ""''^'' "'°^- 



coverts white. 



