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I must agree with Zedlitz that M earns' changamwensis 

 from Changamwe (near Mombasa) (Smithson. Misc. Coll., vol. 56, 

 No. 14, 1910, p. 4) cannot be considered as a good form, still 

 less a new species (as M earns snpposed). My three specimens, 

 which were shot close to the "terra typica", should in that case 

 be named changamwensis, whose chief character is, that it is 

 smaller than ragassii, which in other respects it resembles= 

 M earns gives for his bird: wing 53 mm.; culmen 20; tarsus 

 14.2 mm. But from the table below it appears that my Mom- 

 basa specimens do not agree in the different figures with those 

 given but fall practically within the limits of the only form, of 

 those mentioned above, that can be thought of: neglecta, though 

 the culmen of the specimens in question is slightly shorter. 

 Wing, culmen, tarsus, 



59, 59.5, 60 mm. 21 — 22 mm. 15 ram. 



Irides, bill and legs as in the preceding, 



Chalcomitra amethystina JcirJci Shell. — Rchw. III. p. 460. 



Cinnyris aviethystinus TcirTii Shell. Grote: Journ. f. Orn. 1921, p. 134. 

 3 (5(5 ad. 27. 4., 29. 4.; 2 <5(3 juv. 29. 4. Mombasa. 



Occurred very commonly in the bushes which here and 

 there fringed the shores of the Gulf of Kilindini. 



Neumann (Journ. f. Orn., 1900, p. 296) gives the East 

 African specimens of this bird the style of Ch. k. Tcalckreuthi Cab., 

 as they are said to have a more blue glossy frontal plate. 

 Reichenow (op. cit), however, rightly considers that form to 

 be synonymous with hirhi, as specimens are frequently found at 

 the same place with a blue, as well as with a bluish green, head. 



Of the three cfcT ad. from Mombasa one has a green head 

 and the uppermost, lesser wing coverts steely-blue glossy, while 

 the other two have bluish-green heads and wingcoverts more 

 coppery glossy. 



The young bird in an early phase is greyish brown on the 

 upperparts, but with a few solitary feathers of the head green- 

 glossy. The centre of the throat violet-red gloss. The fore-neck 

 black ; feathers of lower parts dark-brown with yellow edges 

 and tips. Wing-coverts greyish brown. Tail-feathers dark greyish 

 brown tipped with white. 



In changing into the full dress the young bird has the 

 upper parts brownish black (a number of feathers with greyish 

 brown tips), crown green glossy, fore -neck black, feathers of 

 under-parts brownish black with greyish brown tips. 

 Wing, tarsus 



63, 64, 65 mm. 15—16 mm, cfcf ad. 



60, 62 mm. 15 mm. cfcf juv. 



Irides, bill and legs as in the preceding. 



