ONYCHOGNATHUS HARTLAUBI 99 



SO that the more recent name, Amydriis fuhjidus Jtarterti, 

 proposed for this supposed small race, by Mr. Neumann in 

 1903, is superfluous. The Drs. Eeichenow and Liihder met 

 with the species at Albouri, in small flocks, frequenting the 

 crowns of the high trees and feeding on berries and insects. 

 Ussher procured specimens in Fantee and others have been 

 obtained at Prashu and Kwissa by Mr. Boyd Alexander, who 

 writes : " The species haunts hilly situations in the forest ; 

 it is not found in the bush-country." 



The types, both male and female, are labelled as coming 

 from Fernando Po, but as Mr. Oscar Neumann suggests 

 (J. f. 0. 1904, p. 508), it is quite possible that they were 

 obtained by Thomson in Nigeria, where the species has 

 recently been met with by Dr. Ansorge. It should also be 

 remarked that Prof. Bocage refers Mr. F. Newton's specimen 

 from Fernando Po to this species and not to 0. tvaUeri 

 2)rei(ssi, the only Chestnut-winged Starling met with on that 

 island, by Mr. Boyd Alexander. These two forms are, how- 

 ever, very nearly allied, with the pattern and colouring of 

 the wings alike, and might easily be confounded, but these 

 are indifferent reasons for not admitting the present one 

 to be a native of Fernando Po, especially as both birds are 

 very evenly distributed over Camaroons, and the present 

 species ranges eastward into the Niam-Niam country, where 

 it has been obtained at Semmio by Bohndorff. In the 

 British Museum there is one of Ansell's specimens from the 

 Ogowe Kiver in Gaboon and two from the Aruwhimi River, 

 collected by the late Capt. Guy Burrow, these, both sexed 

 as males, have the wing measurements 5'0 and 5"4 inches 

 and the species increases, on an average, slightly in size as 

 we follow its range southward, and for this reason Dr. 

 Hartert bestowed the name 0. intermedins upon a specimen 

 procured at Yambuya by Jameson. 



