286 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds collected 



[This Sun-bird Avas only met with at one place to the west 

 of Lake Tanganyika, where a few individuals were seen 

 all feeding on the same tree. — D. C] 



Anthothreptes hypodila (Jard.). 



Nectarinia liypodilus Jard. Contr, Orn. p. 153 (1851). 



Anthodiceta suhcollaris Reichenb. Synops. Av. Scansorice^ 

 p. 293 (1854) [part., Fernando Po]. 



Anthothreptes hypodila Shelley,, ii. p. 151 (1900) [part.]. 



Anthreptes coUaris hypodilus Reich, iii. p. 443 (1905) 

 [part.] . 



Nos. 5186, 5204, 5215, 5234. a-d. S ?• Between 

 Kasongo and Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 2003 ft., 

 9th-21st Feb. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 



The type of this darker-breasted Collared Sun -bird was 

 procured at Fernando Po by Mr. L. Fraser. From that 

 island it ranges to Camaroon, Gaboon, and eastwards to the 

 upper waters of the Congo, where four examples were pro- 

 cured by Mr. Carruthers. Both adult males and females 

 are easily distinguished from A. zambesiana by the colour 

 of the breast, which is olive-yellow, only the middle of the 

 belly being of a brighter yellow. 



Anthothreptes zambesiana (Shelley). 



Anthodiceta zambesiana Shelley, Monogr. Nect. ii. p. 343,. 

 pi. iii. fig. 3 (1876). 



Anthothreptes hypodila Shelley, ii. p. 151 (1900) [part.]. 



No. 5006. a. ? . S.W. Uganda, 4000 ft., 27th Sept. 



Iris dark hazel; bill and feet black. 



An adult female of the Zambesi Collared Sun-bird was pro- 

 cured by Mr. Carruthers in South-west Uganda. I cannot 

 agree with Captain Shelley (who is followed by Dr. Reichenow) 

 in uniting this bright yellow'-breasted species with the much 

 darker-breasted A. hypodila. With a large series of both 

 for comparison there is no difficulty in separating the two- 

 forms by their geographical distribution. The type of 

 A. zambesiana was obtained at Shupanga, on the Zambesi, 

 by Sir John Kirk, and there are typical specimens of this 



