— 214 — 



Nectariniidae. 



Anthreptes collaris zambesiana Shell. — Rchw, III. p. 443. 



Anthreptes collaris elachior Mearns. Smithson. Misc. Coll. vol. 56, No. 14, 

 p. 5. — Anthothreptes collaris zambesiana. Mackw.-Praed : Ibis 1917 

 p. 373. — Grote: J. f. 0. 1919, p. 302. — Anthothreptes zambesiana. 

 Gurney: Ibis 1909, p. 498. 



3 (5(5 ad. 29. 4.; 1 Q ad. 26. 4., Mombasa. 



Very common in the coast- land. Frequented the bushes 

 of the mangrove vegetation on the Gulf of Kilindini. 



Mearns has (op. cit.) described the form elachior from 

 Changamwe (near Mombasa), and is distinguished by being 

 "smaller and paler than A. c. zamhesiana\ upper metallic parts 

 less coppery golden green; middle under parts canary instead 

 of lemon yellow; outer webs of secondaries yellowish olive-green 

 instead of bronzy yellowish green ; sides paler and grayer". 

 Wing 46.7 mm. 9 45 mm. 



The form garguensis Mearns is described in Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Hist. Mus., vol. 48, 1915, p. 389, as "closely related to A. c. 

 eambesiana and A. c. hypodila but from the former it differs in 

 being slightly larger, darker green above, and more olivaceous 

 yellow below; from hypodila in being much larger, of a slightly 

 paler shade of green above, and lemon yellow instead of lemon 

 chrome below." Wing 55 mm. 



Finally v. Someren (Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. XLI, 

 1921, p. 113) has described two more new forms: ugandae and 

 teitensis. The cf of the former has the under-side deep yellow, 

 sides olivaceous but pectoral tufts rich yellow, lighter and brigh- 

 ter than breast, 9 with olive tinge on throat and flanks. 

 Wings: cT 54—58 mm., 9 50—54 mm. 



The other form, teitensis is characterised in the under-side 

 being much ligther than in ugandae, slightly richer than in 

 elachior, bright yellow, flanks only slightly duller, pectoral tufts 

 very bright lemon yellow. Brighter yellow than eambesiana. 

 Wings: cT 52—57 mm. 



The ranges of these closely related forms should be as follows: 



1. A. collaris collaris (Vieill.). 



Hab. Eastern South Africa. 



2. A. collaris hypodilus Jard. 



Hab. From Fernando Po to Cameroon, Gaboon and east- 

 wards to the upper waters of Congo (Ogilvie-Grant: Ibis 

 1918, p. 286). 



3. A. collaris zambesiana (Shelley). 



Hab. Lorenzo Marques, Mozambique, East Africa, Uganda, 

 Wadelai, the Niger, Ashanti and Sierra Leone. 



4. A. collaris elachior Mearns. 



Hab. The coast of British East Africa, Zanzibar — South 

 Somali (Zedlitz: J. f. 0., 1916, p. 72). 



