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form. It occurs in great numbers on the eastern slopes of Elgon, 

 extending up to an altitude of 7.000 feet. 

 Wing: cfcT 55.5, 56, 57 mm.; 9 55 mm. Tarsus 16—17 mm. 

 Irides, bill and legs as in the preceding. 



Cyanomitra verticalis viridisplendens (Rehw.) — 

 Rchw. III. p. 454. 



Ghalcomitra verticalis viridisplendens (Rchw.). — Vog. Afr. Ill, p. 454; 

 Vogelf. Mittelafr. Seengeb., 1912, p. 349. 



1 (5 ad. 4. 5. Londiani, 7.500 ft. — 5^6 ^^- 19. 5.- 4. 7. Mount Elgon, 

 6.500 ft. — 1 Q ad. 14. 5. Soy. - 1 Q ad. 7, 7. Mount Elgon, 6.500 ft. 



V. Someren says of this Sunbird (Nov. Zool. XXV, 1918, 

 p. 286) that it "was a fairly common species" on the western 

 slopes of Elgon. It occurred also quite commonly on the eastern 

 slopes up to about 7.000 feet. Sclater & Mackworth- 

 Praed (Ibis 1918, p. 622) consider that this form "is found 

 on the slopes below 6.000 feet (on Ruwenzori) and above 5.500 

 feet C. V. alinae occurs". Olgilvie-Grant (Zool. Res. Ruw. 

 Exp., 1910, p. 323) says that on Ruwenzori viridisplendens "is 

 not seen above 7.000 feet. Yet, at Londiani a specimen was 

 shot at an altitude of 7.500 feet. 



Among the Elgon specimens there are 2 with a predom- 

 inant blue metallic gloss on the chin and fore-neck, whereas 

 the others have a greenish. The thighs are, as a rule, olive- 

 green (in some dark-grey). 



Wing, culmen, tarsus, 



67, 68, 69, 70, 70, 72.5 mm. 24—25 mm. 19—20 mm. cfd*. 

 67, 68 mm. 24, 25 mm. 18 mm. 99- 



Irides dark-brown; bill and legs black. 



Cyanomitra obscura neglecta Neum. — Journ. f. Orn., 1900, p. 297. 



Cynnyris obscurus neglectus Neum. Zedlitz : Journ. f. Orn., 1916, p. 76. — 

 Grote: Journ. f. Cm., 1921, p. 133. 



2 (5(5 ad. 26. 4., 29. 4., Mombasa. 



In the small groves along the coast at Mombasa this bird 

 was seen fairly commonly, but I also saw it in the shrubbery 

 on the Gulf of Kilindini, together with Ch. hirhi. 



The various forms of obscura have been dealt with by 

 Neumann (op. cit), Zedlitz (op. cit), v. Someren 

 (Ibis 1916, p. 443), Reichenow (Vogelf. Mittelafr. Seengeb., 

 1912, p. 348) and Sclater & Mackworth-Praed (Ibis, 1918, 

 p. 621). Zedlitz has established that ragazeii from Schoa is, 

 in all probability, a mountain-form, while neglecta from Somali- 

 land is a steppe-form. 



