. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Observations on Bradypterus carpalis and Bradypterus graueri by Ruth Trimble Chapin Received ist September, 1973 (1) Bradypterus carpalis Chapin The original series of Bradypterus carpalis (four males; one female) was secured in the Uele District of the then Belgian Congo from 1911 to 1913 and was described in 1916. The species was next recorded by van Someren (1919). Apparently without knowledge of the description of carpalis, van Someren named his birds jokanae. Delacour (1943: 34) and Chapin (1953: 435) consi&crz&yokanae not even subsp
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Observations on Bradypterus carpalis and Bradypterus graueri by Ruth Trimble Chapin Received ist September, 1973 (1) Bradypterus carpalis Chapin The original series of Bradypterus carpalis (four males; one female) was secured in the Uele District of the then Belgian Congo from 1911 to 1913 and was described in 1916. The species was next recorded by van Someren (1919). Apparently without knowledge of the description of carpalis, van Someren named his birds jokanae. Delacour (1943: 34) and Chapin (1953: 435) consi&crz&yokanae not even subspecifically distinct from carpalis. For many years these were the only known specimens of this species, and it came to be regarded as one of the rare birds of Africa. However, Schout- eden (1966) recorded a specimen taken in the valley of the Akanyaru River, east of Butare (formerly Astrida) Rwanda; and more recently Britton & Harper (1969) reported collecting seven specimens of carpalis near Lake Kanyaboli, western West Kivu volcanoes MumbaB J Nyawarongo"*/KiW LwiroT^ BRugege Forest Akanyaru R«J ^ ' /""' TANZANIA 28 Figure 1: Localities of specimens of Bradypterus graueri (â ) and B. carpalis (#). Open circle represents field observations of the latter. No additional specimens from the Congo (now called Republique du Zaire) were obtained until the species was rediscovered in a marsh near Lwiro, Kivu District. The sedge warblers were always of great interest to 167. 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 British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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