804' Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



2. G. N. EMiNi Shelley, op. cit, 



T3'|)e from Wadelai and ranging" thence to Abyssinia, 

 to the Welle and Ubanghi rivers, the hinterland of 

 ('ameroon, and sonth tlirongh the Belgian Congo to the 

 Zambesi. Possil)ly a migrant over part of its range. 

 A larger I'ace, wing average 150 mm. No white on the 

 outer webs of the secondaries. Neck-band white. 



3. G. N. MARCHEI. 



Glai'Lola nuclialis var. inurcJiei Oust. Bull. Soc. Pliilom. 

 7th series, i. 1877, pp. 101, 105 : Ogowe River, Gaboon. 

 This may possibly prove to be identical with G. n. 

 einini, but Oustalet's measurements are very small, 

 wing only 125 mm. We have no specimens from that 

 locality. Neck-band whitCj no white on the outer webs 

 of the secondaries. 



4. GlAREOLA NUCHALIS LIBEKIiE. 



Glareola nuclialis liberue Schleg. Notes Leyden Mus. 

 1881, p. 58 : Liberia. 



Similar to G. n. emhii, but with the neck-band as a 

 rule rich cliestnut. There are, however, specimens 

 before us from tlie Gold Coast with an intermediate 

 light rusty-coloured neck-band, and Reiclienow men- 

 tions that in Cameroon Conrau found both forms 

 together. 



This race extends from Cameroon to Liberia. 



In the O. M. 1908, p. 191, Ueichenow has described as 

 Glareola antania a Pratincole from the Ituri district similar 

 to G. nuclialis, but wath no neck-band at all. The only 

 specimens we can find without neck-bands are either young 

 birds or skins in which the neck has been damaged in the 

 skinning. Should it prove to be a good race, it must occupy 

 a restricted area, as we have specimens of G. n. emini from 

 all sides of it. 



The group of Pratincoles to which this species belongs is 

 fiequeutly separated from Glareola under the name Galacto- 

 chrysea — or, as originally spelt, Gulachrysia. 



