. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Vol. 75 124 1955 (Bechuanaland, the Transvaal, Southern Rhodesia, etc.) northwards to Kenya Colony, Abyssinia and the Cameroons. The findings given in my report were based on what was probably the most comprehensive material of the South African populations ever brought together of this uncommon honey-guide, the specimens being drawn from the Transvaal and Natal Museum collections. Topotypical material of regulus Sundevall, 1850:. Dorsal surfaces of specimens of the two recognisable races of Prodotiscus regulus Sundevall. 1. P. r. regulus Su
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Vol. 75 124 1955 (Bechuanaland, the Transvaal, Southern Rhodesia, etc.) northwards to Kenya Colony, Abyssinia and the Cameroons. The findings given in my report were based on what was probably the most comprehensive material of the South African populations ever brought together of this uncommon honey-guide, the specimens being drawn from the Transvaal and Natal Museum collections. Topotypical material of regulus Sundevall, 1850:. Dorsal surfaces of specimens of the two recognisable races of Prodotiscus regulus Sundevall. 1. P. r. regulus Sundevall: Specimens from Southern Rhodesia. 2. P. r. adustoides Clancey: Specimens from Natal and the eastern Cape Province. The specimens shown in the above photograph were collected during the years 1950- 1955. The very dark upper-parts of P. r. adustoides should be observed. Mohapoani, Witfontein Mountains, western Transvaal, is generally scarce in collections, and I was only able to study one specimen from Bechuanaland and three from the Transvaal in 1952. In view of the doubts on the validity of my adustoides recently expressed by Dr. Friedmann, I have investigated afresh the whole question of geographical variation in the South African populations of this honey-guide using only recent material. Through the great kindness of Mr. R. H. N. Smithers, Director of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, Bulawayo, I have had the use of no less than five specimens of regulus from south-western Southern Rhodesia obtained during the years 1952, 1954 and 1955. Speci- mens collected in south-western Southern Rhodesia can be considered for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Taylor, Nancy M. Oxford : Clarendon Press
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