52 Mr. A. Kohorts on Birds in 



CiNNYRIS SHELLEYI, Alex. li. 1878. (2 ad., 1 juv. M.) 

 Resident. 



Lumber; B. & L. black. Leng. 1 1 2-1 2-i; W. 01-02 ; 

 Tl. 39-41 ; 0. 18-20. 



The iniiiiature specimen has not yet assumeil all the 

 metallic feathers of the back and the flanks are partly grey ; it 

 was shot on 7th July at M})ind)a. 



Very few of these Sunbirds were noted ; in most cases they 

 were found perched near the tops of trees singing and acting 

 in a lively numner, and only one was seen at i^owers in 

 company with C. olicacina, A. coUaris, and C. mi<:>'orlii/)tc/nis. 



PaRUS TALLIDIVENTRIS REVUMiE, Shell. R. 1020 rt. (2 M., 



1 F.) Resident. 



I. hazel ; B. black ; L. dark slate-colour. Leng. 1-1 0-l")! & 

 145 ; ^^\ 81-84 & 78 ; Tl. G4-G8 & GO ; Ts. 19 & 18 ; 

 C. 11. 



The Rcs'unia Tit was found in small parties or ])airs 

 actively creeping about the brandies of tall trees in search of 

 insects. A ])air was observed prying about old Woodpeckers' 

 nests at Namabieda, no doubt in search of a suital)lo 

 nesting-site. 



Parisoma I'LUMBEUM (Hartl.). R. 1929. (1 M.) July- 

 October. 



I. light brown ; B. black ; L. dark slato. Long. 142 ; 



^v.e^ -, ti. gi ; Ts. i7; c. 125. 



This specimen is paler than those from the Transvaal and 

 adjacent territory. 



Only two specimens were seen, one at Ngamwe and the 

 other at I'unima, l)()th in thick busji on the l)anks of streams. 

 Li their maimer of spreading their tails and jeiking their 

 bodies from side to side they reminded me wry miieh of 

 Trochocerciis cjanomelas. 



Anthoscopi'S rohkrtsi, Ilaagnor. (2 F.) Hesident. 



These two sjjecimcns are types of the species deseribcsd by 

 Haagner in the ' Annals of the Transvaal ]\hiseum,' August 

 1909. 



