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Bcngueia (Anchiela : cotype of B. murinus Ilartl. & 

 Fin sell). 



Wing 85-101 mm. ; tail 70-79. 



G. Bradyornis murinus modestus Shelley. 



Bradyornis modesta Shelley, Ibisj 1873, p. 110 [Abokobi]. 



? Bradyortiis pa/lidus nigerice Reicheiiow, Orn. Mooatsb. 

 xviii. p. 95 (1910) [Adamaua]. 



Hab. Gold Coast Hinterland : Dokonkade [Alexander-) ; 

 Abokobi = Kintampo [Shelley : type o( B. modestus Shelley ; 

 Alexander) ; Gambaga [Alexander). 



ISoutbern Nigeria : Anarabara River (^Lowell). 



Northern Nigeria : Semankar River ; Tarkum ; Bima ; 

 Kina, River Gongola ; Badiko ; Leri [Alexander). 



French Congo ; Shari River at Iddio, Manjafa, Ft. Ar- 

 chambanlt (^Alexander) ; Gribingi River (^Alexander) ; Tomi 

 River, Yakola and Krebcje {Alexander). 



Wing 80-89 mm. ; tail 66-70. 



7. Bradyornis mariquensis A. Smith. 



Bradornis mariquensis Smith, 111, Zool. S. Afr., Aves, 

 pi. 113 (1817) [Marico River, Transvaal]. 



Ilab. Soutb Afriea [Smith : types of B. mariquensis 

 Smith) ; Griqualand West [Atmore) ; Transvaal [Ayres, 

 Buckley) ; Rastenburg (Lucas, Ayres) ; Macloutsie River 

 [Jameson) ; Tati and Gerufa (Oates) ; Bamangwato (Buckley) ; 

 Zambesi (Bradshaw) ; Damaraland (Andersson) ; Great 

 Namaqnaland (Andersson?). 



Wing 84-90 mm.; tail 7,2-79. 



8. Bradyornis infuscatus A. Smith. 



Saxicola infuscata Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Avcs, pi. xxviii 

 (1839). 



Bradyornis major Bonap. Consp. Av. i. p. .267 (1850) 

 [deserip. nulla]. 



Hab. South Africa : Western Cape Colony between 

 Oliphant River and Orange River (Smith : types of S. in- 

 fuscata Smith) ; Port Nollotb, Little Namaqnaland (C. H. 



