236 Mr. R. Kemp on the Birds of 



105. ClNNYRIS JOHANNA. 



Cinnyris Johanna Verr.; Shelley, B. Africa, ii. p. 43 

 (1900). 



Bo, March 1904. Iris, bill, and feet black. 



I have seen these Sim-birds at Freetown in June, while 

 at Bo they haunted the tallest flowering trees in preference 

 to the smaller trees, which are the haunts of most of the 

 other Sun-birds. 



106. Cinnyris chloropygius. 



Cinnyris chloropygius (Jard.); Shelley, B. Africa, ii. p. 83 

 (1900). 



Tungie Bridge, June 1903. Bill broAvn ; eyes black ; feet 

 and claws slaty-blue. 



Bo, January to May and August 1904. 



I procured a good series of this species. 



107. Cyanomitra verticalis. 



Cyanomitra verticalis (Lath.) ; Shelley, B. Africa, ii. p. 127 

 (1900). 



$ . Rotifunk, May 1902. Iris, bill, and feet black. 



S ? . Bo, April 1904. 



In the pigeon-English of this country all the Sun-birds 

 are known as " Banana-suckers."" To C. verticalis, however, 

 this name applies more correctly than to any of the others, as 

 it seems never to be far from a clump of either bananas or 

 plantains; while the other Sun-birds are as frequently seen 

 on other kinds of trees or bushes as on bananas. 



108. Cyanomitra obscura. 



Cyanomitra obscura (Jard.) ; Shelley, B. Africa, ii. p. 125 

 (1900). 



Rotifunk, 1902. 



Bo : January, February, July, August, and September. 

 Iris, bill, feet, and claws black. 



Perhaps the most common of the Sun-birds with us. In 

 July it is generally seen in the neighbourhood of the bananas, 

 on which the bunches of fruit attract it. 



I have made coloured drawings of many of the flowering 



