284 Mr. W, R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds collected 



This Sun-bird is most nearly allied to C. reichenowi Sharpe, 

 but is smaller and has a much shorter bill. The green of 

 the upper surface is less golden, the upper tail-coverts are 

 tipped with peacock-blue with purple reflections, and the 

 scarlet breast-feathers are margined with purplish blue. 

 The iris is hazel and the bill and feet are black. The total 

 length is about 3'6 inches ; the culmen 0*65 ; the wing 1'86 ; 

 the tail TO; and the tarsus 05. 



The discovery of this very distinct though diminutive 

 species is of considerable interest. 



CiNNYRis oBscuRus (Jard.). 



Cyanomitra ohscura Shelley, ii. p. 125 (1900) ; Reich, iii. 

 p. 450 (1905). 



Nos. 5167, 5187, 5214, 5239. a-d. ^ imm. et ? . Be- 

 tween Kasongo and Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 4tli-22nd Feb. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 



An immature male and three females of the Pale Olive 

 Sun-bird collected by Mr. Carruthers agree well with West- 

 African specimens. Adult males were procured by the 

 Ruwenzori Expedition at Fort Beni on the Semliki, and in 

 the Mpanga Forest near Fort Portal. 



CiNNYRIS ANGOLENSIS LcSS. 



Chalcomitra angolensis Shelley, ii. p. Ill (1900); Reich, 

 iii. p. 461 (1905). 



No. 5198. a. S - Below Kasongo, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 11th Feb. 



Iris dark hazel; bill and feet black. 



The fine male example of the Green-throated Brown Sun- 

 bird procured by Mr. Carruthers at the above-given locality 

 appears to extend the known range of the species somewhat 

 further to the south-east. 



Cyanomitra cyanol^ma. 



Cyanomitra cyanolcema Shelley, ii. p. 130 (1900). 

 Chalcomitra cyanolcema Reich, iii. p. 456 (1905). 

 No. 5238. a. S • Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 22nd Feb. 



