36 Mr. C. F. :\I. Swynncrton on the 



4'54 inches, with a variation of 4"35 to 5'35 ; of thirteen 

 skins of A^. kilimensis, five males measured in the flesh 

 averaged 8"65 inches, ranging from 8'3 to 9. 



The breeding female resembles that of the northern form, 

 but the yellow of the under surface appears to be duller and 

 more ochreous. Length in the flesh 6'2 inches. 



A nestling from Mr. Gifford^ just able to fly, and one of 

 my own, not quite full-fledged, are strongly tinged with olive 

 tlu'oughout the upper surface and chest ; the abdomen, par- 

 ticularly in the latter, is of a brighter yellow, and more nearly 

 gamboge than in the female. The throat is mottled grey 

 and whitish with a slight tinge of yellow on the sides, and 

 the eyebrow of the female is represented only by a small 

 yellowish streak. The outer tail-feathers are margined ex- 

 ternally with white. Culmen 102 and 0*8; wing 2*3 and 

 1'95; tail 1"35 andO'7; tarsus 063 and 06 inches. The 

 bills of the nestlings were brownish grey, their feet leaden 

 grey, and irides brown. 



59. CiNNYRis MicRORHYNCiius. Short-billcd Sun-bird. 

 Cinnyris microrhynchus Shelley, B. Afr. ii. p, 55. 



P. In the low veld of Gazaland this little Sun-bird appears 

 to take the place occupied by C. niassce in the mountains. At 

 Chibabava I found it common in pairs, in December and 

 January, both in the open woods and amongst the rubber- 

 trees in the plantation ; and I was informed that its range 

 extends quite to the coast, though I do not appear to have 

 noted it myself far to the east of Chibabava. A male 

 which I measured was 4*65 inches in the flesh, and of three 

 stomachs examined two contained portions of small flies, the 

 third nil. 



60. Cinnyris leucogaster. South - African White - 

 breasted Sun-bird. 



P, I noted one of these Sun-birds at Bimba's, between 

 Chibabava and Arucate, on the 7th of December. It was 

 feeding in company with a pair of C. microrhynchus. 



