in Uganda and on the Upjier Congo. 283 



CiNNYRIS TANGANYIKiE Grant. 



Cinnyris tanganyika Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 105 ^ 



(1907). 



No. 5132. a. (J. North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 

 4000 ft,, 4th Jan. {Type of the species.) 

 Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 



This new Sun-bird is most nearly allied to C. bouvieri 

 Shelley, but is somewhat larger and has a longer bill, while 

 the pectoral tufts arc orange and yellow instead of scarlet 

 and yellow. 



Adult male of Adult male of 



C. tanyanyicee. Grant. C. bouvieri Slielley. 



in. in. 



Total length 4-7 4-1 



Culmen 1-02 0-9 



Wing 2-25 2-1 



Tail 1-55 1-4 



Tarsus 065 0-62 



Cinnyris superbus (Shaw). 



Cinnyris superbus Shelley, ii. p. 41 (1900) ; Eeich. iii. 

 p. 477 (1905). 



Nos. 5169, 5170, 5179. a-c. ^ ? . Below Kasongo, 

 Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 5th-7th Feb. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 



Cinnyris cupreus (Shaw). 



No. 5032. a. S- Mfumbiro Volcanoes, 5000 ft., 

 18th Nov. 



No. 5066. b. S ■ Lake Kivu, 4900 ft., 1st Dec. 



Iris very dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 



Examples of the Copper-coloured Sun-bird from West 

 Africa are on the whole somewhat smaller than birds from 

 Uganda and have a shorter bill. The type of Shaw's Certhia 

 cuprea came from Malimbe at the mouth of the Congo River. 



Cinnyris marginatus Grant. /-- 



Cinnyris marginatus Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 106 



(1907). 

 No. 5180. a. S ■ Below Kasongo, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 



8th Feb. {Type of the species.) 



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