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is found in East Africa, and extends along the coast as far as 

 Inhambane, in Portuguese East Africa. The South African Museum 

 contains examples from Inhambane collected by Mr. H. P. Francis 

 in December, and from the Pungwe Eiver by Mr. T. D. Butler in 

 October, while Mr. Boyd Alexander met with the species at Zumbo 

 on the Zambesi. It must, therefore, be undoubtedly included in 

 the list of South African Birds. 



158s. CINNYRIS SHKLLEYI Alexander. 



This little Sunbird was discovered and described by Captain Boyd 

 Alexander (Ibis, 1899, p. 556, pi. 11) on the Zambesi, about sixty 

 miles below its junction with the Kafue Eiver ; it is allied to 

 C. mariqueiisis, from which it differs in having the golden shade 

 confined to the back of the head, neck, and mantle, while the 

 sides of the head and throat are plain metallic green ; the pectoral 

 band is a bright scarlet and not deep red. 



158c. CINNYKIS CUPREUS (Shaw). 



The Copper-coloured Sunbird (Shelley, B. Afr. ii. p. 36), a 

 common species in tropical Africa, has also been met with on 

 the Zambesi near its junction with the Shir6 Eiver by Alexander ; 

 it somewhat resembles C. mariquensis, but is without the red 

 pectoral band. 



159A. CINNYRIS VENUSTUS (Shaw). 



This is another tropical African species (Shelley, B. Afr. ii. p. 62) 

 from Senegambia and other parts of West Africa, the range of 

 which extends southwards to the Zambesi, where it was met with at 

 Zumbo by Boyd Alexander. It can be recognised by its metallic 

 head and back, its pale buff breast and under-parts, and by its 

 yellow and red pectoral tufts. 



173. ZOSTEROPS ANDERSSONI Shelley. 



The account given of the distribution of this species by Stark 

 is hardly correct ; it ranges from Benguela and Ovampoland to 

 Mozambique and Mashonaland ; it is common along the Zambesi, 

 and has been procured by Mr. Guy Marshall, near Salisbury, 

 throughout the year. 



175. ZOSTEROPS PALLIDA. 



Sharpe (Ibis, 1904, p. 345) follows Pinsch (Tierreich Lief. 15, p. 12, 

 1901) in rejecting Swainson's name Z. pallida, for this species, 



