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From Northern Nigeria \ve hâve spécimens from Illorin, in May 

 (Bryant), Lokoja and Shonga (Forbes) Mutum-Biu near the 

 Benue river; on the Ibi-Yelua road in Mav and Serikiin-Kudu, 

 a ridge north of Ibi in May (B. Alexaxder), while Hartert 

 records it from Loko. 



Range. — The range of the typical Copper Sunbird is considé- 

 rable. It is represented in the British Muséum from : 



West Africa : Sénégal, Gambia, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra 

 Leone, Gold Coast, Northern and Southern Nigeria, and Gaboon, 

 while Reichenow records it also from Libéria, Togoland, Dahomey 

 and Cameroon. 



Central Africa : Belgian Congo. 



East Africa : Sudan, Abyssinia, Kenya Colony, Uganda, Nyasa- 

 land, N. Rhodesia, Zambesi. (For other localities in E. Africa see 

 Reichenow, Vôg. Afr., IH, p. 475.) 



I consider that the Angolan bird must unquestionably be kept as 

 a distinct race, so that we hâve : 



1. CiNNYRIS CUPREUS CUPREUS (cf. Sllpro). 



2. — CiNNYRIS CUPREUS CHALCEUS. 



Nedarinea chalcea Hartl., Ibis, 1862, p. 341 : Angola. 



Range. Angola. 



Distinguishing characters. — Lacks the coppery purple and 

 violet sheen on the feathers of the back and rump which are 

 coppery golden-green. 



(I only noticed this bird in a dense swamp it does not appear to 

 be at allplentiful. — W. P. L.) 



Cinnyris venustus venustus. 



Ccrthia venusta Shaw, Nodd. Nat. Mise, X, 1799, pi. CCCLXIX. 

 — Type locality : Sierra Leone. 



The Western Buif-breasted Sunbird was obtained bv Mr Lowe 



