lei [VdLxiiii. 



mantle— a character which is not found in either o£ the 

 other two forms. . , . i 



From S. c. camerunensis, inhabiting Cameroon, the.nearest 

 race geographically which lies between S. a. alhigularis and 

 S. a. delacouri, the new race is distinguished by having the 

 ochraceous back less bright, in having the feathers at the 

 base of the neck grey, the streaks on the under surface not 

 so broad, the much broader white throat, and the la<3k,o£ 

 tawny yellow on the breast and flanks, these parts being 

 only washed with buff. The bill is also smaller. 



S. c. delacouri measures : — Bill from base 16, across 

 Ibase 13 5, wing 71, tail 51, tarsus 14 mm. 



Soft parts : Bill, upper mandible black, lower white ; feet 

 yellowish green ; iris brown. 



Type. In the British Museum. Bandama, Ivory Coast, 

 29th December, 1922. W. P. Lowe and H. R. Hardy 

 colls, (skin. No. 337). 



This is the first occasion- upon which this species has 

 occurred in Upper Guinea. Named in honour of Mons. 

 Jean Delacour, M.B.O.U. 



Prodotiscns insignis flavodorsalis, subsp. nov. 



Adult male. From P. insignis insignis (Cassin) distin- 

 guished by having the entire upper parts strongly washed 

 with golden, brightest on the rump ; the underparts are 

 lighter brown, faintly tinged with olive ; the middle feathers 

 of the tail are black, not brown, and the wing is longer 

 by 5 mm. and broadly margined on the primaries and 

 secondaries with olive-yellow. 



The type of P. i. emini (Shelley), described from Bellima 

 in the N.E. Belgian Congo and generally supposed to be 

 synonymous with P. i. insignis — though personally I doubt 

 it^ — is similar in size to the Ivory Coast bird, but is altogether 

 duller in colouring and is much darker on the underside, 

 without the white belly of the form here described. 



Bill 8'5, wing 67, tail 46, tarsus 11*5 mm. Total length 

 in the flesh 114 mm. 



Bill black, iris dark brown, feet plumbeous. 



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