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the British Museum there are two adult birds in the spotted 

 plumage from Denkera, five from Kamerun, and one from 

 the upper Congo, collected in July, August, Sept., Nov., 

 Dec, Jan., and March. 



Count Salvador! is therefore evidently mistaken in thinking 

 that Ibis olivacea and Lampribis rara are synonymous. 



Dr. Sharpe (Cat. of Birds, xxvi. p. 38) has fallen into the 

 error of giving a description of Lampribis rara under the 

 heading oi Lampribis olivaceal when in reality he was dealing 

 with a perfectly distinct species. Later, on p. 266 of the 

 same volume of the Catalogue, Sharpe attempts to correct 

 ]iis original statement, and concurs with the opinion expressed 

 by Messrs. Bothschild, Hartert, and Kleinschmidt that Ibis 

 olivacea Du Bus is in reality synonymous with Hagedasliia 

 hagedash. For this reason, in the ' Handlist of Birds,' 

 vol. i. p. 187, Sharpe accepts the name Lampii'ibis rara for 

 the Prince's Island bird. 



Dr. Beichenow (Vogel Afrikas, i. p. 328) adds to the 

 confusion already caused by including the St. Thomas'* and 

 Prince's Island bird under Theristicus varus, and (p. 826) 

 by making Ibis olivacea Du Bus a synonym of Theristicus 

 hagedash. 



Thanks to Dr. R. Gestro, I have been able to examine the 

 specimen in the Museum at Genoa, obtained by Leonardo 

 Fea in Prince's Island in 1901. This bird almost exactly 

 resembles the plate of /. olivacea given by Du Bus in the 

 ' Esquisses.' The bill is much shorter and heavier than in 

 Lampribis rara. 



The two species must stand as follows : — 



Lamprihis olivacea (Du Bus). 

 (Type locality — "La cote de Guinee,") 

 Range. Prince's Island, St. Thomas' Island, the coast of 

 Guinea, Kamerun. 



Lampribis rara Boths., Hartert, and Kleinschmidt. 

 (Type locality — Denkera, Ashanti.) 

 Range. Ashanti, Kamerun, Upper Congo. 



