624 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [This, 



5. A. L. oRiENTALis, Hai'tlaub, v. supra. 



Distr. Lado and Moiigalla Provinces of the Sudan, 

 Abyssinia, British East Africa, and German East Africa. 



6. A. L. NEUMANNi Zedlitz, J. f. O. 1916, p. 75. 

 Distr. Soiualiland and south-east Abyssinia. 



All these races seem fairly clear and well defined. We 

 have not, however, liad the opportunity of examining Senegal 

 specimens, and, if they eventually prove to be indistinguish- 

 able from A. I. haussarum, the latter name must become a 

 synonym. 



Anthreptes aurantia appears to be the representative 

 species in Cameroon and Gaboon. 



Anthreptes coUaris hypodilus. 



Nectarinia hypodilus Jardine, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 153: 

 P'ernando Po. 



Anthreptes coHaris hypodilus (Jard.) ; Reichw. Vdg. Afr. 

 iii. p. 443. 



Shelley (P. Z. S. 1888, p. 39) records an example of this 

 Sunbird collected at Lado by Emin, 23 October 1885, but 

 it does not appear to be in the Museum collections, where 

 the subspecies is not represented by Sudanese examples. 



Family Zosteropid^. 

 Zoster ops abyssinica abyssinica. 



Zosterops abyssinica Guer, Ferr, et Gal. ; Shelley, B. A. ii. 

 p. 192 (part.) ; Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 212. 

 [B. coll.] 8 Erkowit Mch. R.S. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 4 Erkowit Mch. Apl. U.S. 



Zedlitz (J. f. O. 1911, p. 57) recognizes four races of this 

 species. 



1. Z. A. ABYSSINICA : Eritrea and North Abyssinia. 



2. Z. A. OMOENSis : South Shoa and the Omo valley. 



3. Z. A. socoTRANA ; Sokotra. 



4. Z. A. ARABS : South Arabia. 



