604 J\Ir. D. A. Bannerman on the 



range o^ Lamp-ocoJius splendidus is very wide, extending fi'om 

 Camai'oon to Angola and eastwards across central Africa. 

 Both Salvadori and Bocage consider that the existence of 

 this species on Prince's Island as a resident requires con- 

 firmation. 



2. ^Lamprocolius Ignitus. 



hamprocolius ignitus (Nordm.) ; Salvadori^ Orn. Golfo 

 d, Guinea^ i. 1903, p. 8 ; Bocage^ Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1903, 

 p. 49. 



Lamprotornis ornatus (Daud.) ; Shelley, Birds of Africa, v. 

 1906, p. 64. 



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This very beautiful glossy Starling is almost certainly 

 restricted to Princess Island. It is said by Dohrn to live 

 in high trees and to be very common in the high parts of 

 the interior, where it is seldom disturbed. The bird has 

 been recorded from Senegal, St. Thomas', Gaboon, and 

 Angola! Sharpe (Cat. Birds, xiii. pp. 174-5), Shelley 

 and Salvadori (vide supra) consider these localities to be 

 erroneously applied to this species. 



On Prince's Island Alexander found it everywhere in the 

 vicinity of his camp near the Papagaio Hiver. 



3. *Dicrurus modestus. 



Dicrurus modestus Hartl. ; Salvadori, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, 

 i. 1903, p. 4 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1903, p. 48. 



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[Iris claret-red. — B. Alexander.] 



This Drongo is distinguished from all the other west 

 African species by its heavy bill and larger size. Moreover, 

 it is confined to Prince's Island, and there is therefore no 

 excuse for confusing it with birds from the mainland. 

 This species lias been erroneously recorded from Liberia, 

 but the specimen in question, as I have already pointed out 



