collected in Southern Cameroon. 
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1921 .] 
“Further Notes on the Birds of Southern Cameroon” (with descrip¬ 
tions of the Eggs by W, R. Ogilvie-Grant). Part I., Bates, Ibis, 
1911, pp. 479-545 ; Part II., Bates, Ibis, 1911, pp. 581-631. 
Letter, describing a trip to the Nyong River. Bates, Ibis, 1914, 
pp. 169-172. 
“ Some facts bearing on the affinities of Smithoj'tris.” Bates, Ibis, 
1914, pp. 495-502. 
“ Remarks on some recent Collections of Birds made by Mr. G. L. 
Bates in Cameroon.” Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1917, pp. 72-90. 
Dendropicus lafresnayi camerunensis. 
Dendropicus camerunensis Sharpe, Ibis, 1907, p. 443— 
Type locality: R. Ja, Cameroon. 
Dendropicus lafresnayi Malh. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1904, p. 620; 
Bates, Ibis, 1909, p. 21. 
Mr. Claude Grant (Ibis, 1915, p. 461) pointed out that 
the type of D. lafresnayi Malh. came from Gaboon, and until 
we had a series of typical birds from the Gaboon River it 
would be impossible to say whether the Congo or the 
Cameroon bird would be true D. 1. lafresnayi. I do not 
agree with this decision. 
The type of D. camerunensis Sharpe (Ibis, 1907, p. 443) 
was described from the River Ja, Cameroon, and as pointed 
out in the original description, has the ground-colour of the 
upper parts darker than birds from the Congo. This is 
acknowledged by Mr. Claude Grant. As typical D. lafres¬ 
nayi was described from Gaboon, Congo birds are much 
more likely to be similar to Gaboon specimens than 
to Cameroon highland birds. I think we can therefore 
safely consider D. 1. camerunensis a well-defined race. 
Mr. Ogilvie-Grant agrees with these conclusions. I am 
aware that this is the opposite opinion to that expressed by 
me in 4 The Ibis/ 1915, pp. 490 & 647. I then believed that 
the type locality of D. 1. lafresnayi was (as given in Rev. et, 
Mag. Zool. 1849, p. 533) “ ? Africa,” and I compared my 
specimens from Cameroon Mountain and the Manenguba 
Mountains with birds from southern Cameroon and could 
not distinguish them. I now unite all Cameroon birds from 
both the north and the south under Sharpe’s name, and 
restrict the typical birds to Gaboon and the Belgian Congo. 
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