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blackish and paler above. Besides the type, which was 

 purchased of Yerreaux and is said to have come from Gaboon, 

 I have a fine series of specimens from S. Angola : Fort 

 Qnillenges in Benguella [Ansorge), Catumbela {Mocquerys) , 

 Blaasbalg - Fontein in Benguella (Ansorge), Usolo River 

 (Ansorge), and Ombanja near the Cunene R. {Eriksson). 

 All these agree in every detail with the type. 



" The M. a. grisescens, Sharpe, from Matabeleland, though 

 very close to M. a. occidentalis, also appears to be a distinct 

 form, as it is slightly greyer; probably M. a. pal/idior ifi 

 also different, being very pale, but the type-specimens 

 are in such very worn plumage that it is hardly possible 

 to decide whether they are different from M. a. occidentalis 

 or not. 



" The idea that M. a. tropicalis, M. a. transvaalensis, and 

 other forms are based on variations due to age and season 

 is erroneous, as they do not inhabit the same countries, and 

 large series of specimens, both old and young, collected at 

 various times of the year have been examined. 



"I was no doubt mistaken in treating M. angolensis as 

 a form of M. africana. When I took that view [Bull. 

 B. O. C. xi. no. Ixxx. p. 64 (1901)] I had only seen one 

 rather worn example of M. angolensis. I have noAv a good 

 series, collected by Dr. Ansorge, and many procured from 

 the same places where M. a. occidentalis also occurs.'^ 



Dr. Hartert further stated that the bird described by him 

 [Bull. B. O. C. XV. no. cxvii. p. 95 (1905)] as Apalis dnsorgei 

 was Eremomela atricoUis of Bocage. The type had an in- 

 complete tail, which led him to believe that it was an Apalis 

 ( = Euprinodes according to Dr. Sharpe), and thus he had 

 omitted to look through the literature of Eremomela. 

 Dr. Ansorge had now sent a fine series of Erem.oniela atricoUis 

 from Caiala, Chiyuka, Bissapa, Muhumbua, Pedreira (Bihe), 

 and Bingondo. 



The species was previously only known from the type in 

 the Lisbon Museum. 



The more graduated tail of Apalis was the only character 



