. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Vol. 80 1960 omitted this name from their list of ' 'Names in Sclater . . which . . have become synonyms in this ; The type locality of Reichenow is Jaunde (= Yaunde or Yaounde), Cameroons. Carnegie Museum is fortunate enough to possess a fine series of specimens of zenkeri from Edea and Efulen, Cameroons, approximately 90 miles west and 95 miles south-west, respectively, of the type locality. When this series was compared with Chapin's excellent Belgian Congo series at the American Museum of Natural History, it became appar
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Vol. 80 1960 omitted this name from their list of ' 'Names in Sclater . . which . . have become synonyms in this ; The type locality of Reichenow is Jaunde (= Yaunde or Yaounde), Cameroons. Carnegie Museum is fortunate enough to possess a fine series of specimens of zenkeri from Edea and Efulen, Cameroons, approximately 90 miles west and 95 miles south-west, respectively, of the type locality. When this series was compared with Chapin's excellent Belgian Congo series at the American Museum of Natural History, it became apparent that emini is not a synonym of zenkeri, but may be applied to the easternmost populations of the known range of the Black- collared Lovebird. As pointed out by Chapin {op. cit.), the species appears to have an interrupted range, as it has not been reported from the Mayombe or Kasai districts. Bannerman {Bds. Trop. W. Africa, vol. 2, 1931, p. 414) mentioned specimens from the vicinity of Bolobo, on the middle Congo River, collected by Schoudeten. This is rather of an outlying locality for the species, almost midway between the principal known ranges of zenkeri and emini, so the subspecific identity of these Bolobo birds should be investigated. Differences between zenkeri and emini, which involve both colour and proportions, are not those stressed by the describer of emini, which may account for the reluctance of authors to admit the latter race. Neumann believed the upperside of emini to be darker than that of zenkeri; Ituri birds are, if anything, slightly paler above than most Cameroons birds, but the difference is insignificant. Variations in the shade of blue of the rump and upper tail-coverts are not cor- related with geographic distribution. The only valid colour character in the original description of emini pertains to the red area behind the black nuchal collar, which averages decidedly more extensive in zenkeri. The tendency toward increased red in the latter race
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