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Mr. D. A. Banner man on the 
[Ibis, 
described from Jaunde, Cameroon, and figured in Reiche- 
now’s Atlas, 1902, is founded on an immature example of 
M. flavicans. 
Besides M. flavicans flavicans, there are at any rate three, 
and probably four, well-defined races in Africa, as follows :— 
M. flavicans hypochondriacum (Rchw.). 
This name was proposed by Reichenow (Orn. Monatsber. 
1893, p. 32) for a specimen obtained at Kinjawanga, imme¬ 
diately north of Ruwenzori, and I accept it for the birds 
inhabiting the northern Belgian Congo eastwards (the Uele 
and Aruwimi Rivers districts and the eastern Congo forest). 
Specimens from these localities are appreciably brighter 
coloured (more golden and less olive) on the under surface 
than typical examples from Cameroon and Gaboon, and 
have in addition a slightly shorter bill. We have ten 
examples in the National Collection of this race. 
M. flavicans angolensis Bannerman. 
This race was described by me (Bull. B. O. C. vol. xli. 
1920, p. 6) from northern Angola—Type locality : N’Dalla 
Tan do. I separated it from the typical species on account 
of its much shorter bill—varying in five specimens from 
14'5-15 mm. (exposed culmen). 
M. flavicans leoninns Neumann. 
This is another subspecies which has been described 
(Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. 1908, p. 46—Sierra Leone) from 
western Africa, a single example having been obtained by 
Robin Kemp at Rotifunk. Opinions differ as to whether 
the bird in question is an adult specimen. Ogilvie-Grant 
believed that it was an immature of M. flavicans. I am 
doubtful whether the bird is immature—as it has a yellowish 
throat, whereas quite immature examples of M. f. flavicans 
show traces of the grey throat at an early stage. it has 
a remarkably long bill (18 mm. exposed culmen, 21 mm. 
measured from the gape) for an immature bird, and the fact 
that no representative of M . flavicans is known to exist 
north of Cameroon is sufficient justification for the name to 
be kept up. 
