. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 195X 69 Vol. 78 The Relationships of the Races of the Cape Bunting, Fringillaria capensis in the Rhodesias and Nyasaland by Mr. Michael P. Stuart Irwin Received 8th October, 1957 In the Rhodesias and Nyasaland. the Cape Bunting,Fringillaria capensis, forms three very distinctive races: vincenti Lowe 1932: of Nyasaland, northern Portuguese East Africa and the Petauke District of Northern Rhodesia \plowesi Vincent 1950: of Southern Rhodesia, ranging from the Matopos Hills north-eastwards to the Inyanga Highlands ; and smitkersii Plowes 1951 : of th
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 195X 69 Vol. 78 The Relationships of the Races of the Cape Bunting, Fringillaria capensis in the Rhodesias and Nyasaland by Mr. Michael P. Stuart Irwin Received 8th October, 1957 In the Rhodesias and Nyasaland. the Cape Bunting,Fringillaria capensis, forms three very distinctive races: vincenti Lowe 1932: of Nyasaland, northern Portuguese East Africa and the Petauke District of Northern Rhodesia \plowesi Vincent 1950: of Southern Rhodesia, ranging from the Matopos Hills north-eastwards to the Inyanga Highlands ; and smitkersii Plowes 1951 : of the Chimanimani Mountains, southern Eastern Southern Rhodesia. Throughout its range over this huge area, it is restricted to above 3,000ft., rilling a localised ecological niche, consisting of rocky or boulder strewn wooded hills and in consequence unevenly and locally distributed being absent from large tracts of unsuitable country. Left :- Centre :- Right :- F. c. vine cm i F. c. plowesi F. c. smithersii 6 J Topotypical 0 Type. The Centra! African Races of the Cape Bunting Superficially the dark vincenti. from north of the Zambezi River may at first appear to show some approach to smithersii and indeed, in the original description of smithersii. the author at first compared it with that race. It would, however, now appear that the relationship is rather remote and that vincenti has its nearest relative in the pallid plowesi. Furthermore. 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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