. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. J. H. Elgood 185 Bull. 1988 108(4). Figure 1. Scarlet (unshaded) and Black plumage patterns in (a) <$ Malimbus ibadanensis, (b) ? M. ibadanensis, (c) £ M. scutatus. (Adapted from Ibis 100: 621, with acknowledgements to the British Ornithologists' Union.) "all subsequently collected females" had "possessed a broad red bib". Field's (1979) review of the genus Malimbus, illustrated with drawings made by C. H. Fry from British Museum (Nat. Hist.) skins, seemed to me adequate for field workers specifically looking
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. J. H. Elgood 185 Bull. 1988 108(4). Figure 1. Scarlet (unshaded) and Black plumage patterns in (a) <$ Malimbus ibadanensis, (b) ? M. ibadanensis, (c) £ M. scutatus. (Adapted from Ibis 100: 621, with acknowledgements to the British Ornithologists' Union.) "all subsequently collected females" had "possessed a broad red bib". Field's (1979) review of the genus Malimbus, illustrated with drawings made by C. H. Fry from British Museum (Nat. Hist.) skins, seemed to me adequate for field workers specifically looking for M. ibadanensis; but this view now seems not to have been entirely justified. Ash tells me that he spent 12 days searching the area around Ibadan, circumscribed by the various localities of known previous occurrence, including 8 days at Ibadan, both on the Campus of the University (2 days) and on the grounds of the International Institute of Tropical Agricul- ture - IITA -(6 days). It was at the latter (which did not exist in my time), miles from the University, where I collected the type specimens, that this new encounter occurred. It would seem that Ibadan may still be the centre of distribution of this apparently very local species; however, the decrease in numbers, if real, cannot be attributed to destruction of pri- mary rain forest, since patches of secondary forest, even gardens, have been the habitat for both former and recent encounters. Although it is impossible with conviction to draw any conclusion as to reduction in population numbers, it is of significance that in the 12 months Oct 1953 to Sep 1954, before it had been established that a new species was involved, I encountered M. ibadanensis 13 times in the course of general bird fieldwork, probably averaging hours per week (1 encounter per 40 hours); whereas Ash, in Nov 1987, had only one encounter in 8 days of intensive search (perhaps encounter per 80 hours). References: Bannerman, D. A. 1949. T
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