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does not appear to be migratory." Marche found it at Fernand 

 Vaz. 



All til at I know with regard to the occurrence of this bird 

 in Angola is that Mr. T. Thomson sent me a collection from 

 Loanda including an example of this species, which is now in 

 the British Museum. 



Malimbus nitens. 



Ploceus nitens, Gray, Zool. Misc. i. p. 7 (1831) Sierra Leone. 



Malimbus nitens, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiiii. p. 481 (1890); Kuschel, .J. f. O. 

 1895, p. 3.31 egy ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 484 (1896) ; Reichen. 

 J. f. 0. 1892, p. 36 Togo; id. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 19 (1904). 



Sycobius nitens, Gray, Geu. B. ii. p. 352, pi. 87 (1849). 



Adults. Lower two-thirds of throat (including the crop) crimson, 

 varying from deep crimson ahnost into vermilion ; remainder of the pkimage 

 black ; feathers of the head, hind neck, mantle and front of chest jet black, 

 with glossy edges to the feathers ; remainder of the body, wings and tail 

 more sooty black. Iris red ; bill bluish horn-colour ; feet dark grey. Total 

 length 6 inches, culmen O'So, wing 3-4, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-9. Fantee. 



Immature. Head faintly mottled with a shade of crimson. 



Gray's Malimbe ranges from 11° N. lat. over West Africa 

 to the Congo and eastward into the Niam-Niara country. 



The most northern range recorded for the species is the 

 Cassini River (Fea) in Portuguese Guinea. M. Oustalet 

 received a specimen from Los Island, and remarks that it 

 agrees well with others obtained by M. Laurien at Cape 

 Palmas. The type was discovered by Sabine at Sieri'a Leoue, 

 and is now in the British Museum. Demery procured speci- 

 mens at the Sulymah River, and Dr. Biittikofer in Liberia, at 

 Bavia, Schieffelinsville, Hill Town, and on Gallilee Mountain, 

 and observed that they were less lively than their allies and 

 rarely seen outside the forest. 



In our Gold Coast Colony specimens have been collected 

 at Wassaw (Blissett), Abrobonko and Denkera (Ussher), 

 Boutry River (Pel), Kwissa (Alexander), Aguapiu (Riis). 



