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at Iju, Lagos on Christmas Day 1919 and January i4th 1920, where 

 he noted that it was « one of tne rarer Snnbirds ». 



Robin Kemp shot a large séries at Agoulerie in Jiine and July 

 and it bas also been obtained at Abo (Thompson). 



From Northern Nigeria we bave spécimens from Shonga and 

 Lokoja (FoRBEs); Takum (B. Alexander) and Kowa-Barga on 

 Lake Chad (B. Alexander). 



Range. — Tbe Range of tbis Sunbird is as follows : Sénégal, 

 Gambia, Portugnese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, 

 and Gaboon, from ail of which localities tbe species is represented 

 in tbe Britisb Muséum, it does not appear to bave been recorded 

 from Cameroon. 



Tbe are only two races from West Africa of tbis Sunbird : 



1. — CiNNYRIS VENUSTUS VENUSTUS (cf. SUpTcl). 



2. CiNNYRIS VENUSTUS KUANZAE. 



Cinnyris affinis kuanzae Reich, O. M., 1899, P- ^9^ : Angola. 



Range. — Nortbern Angola (Malandje, N'dala Tando, etc.). 



Tbe remaining races are found in Central and East Africa of 

 which I recognise tbe foUowing, as shown by tbe séries in tbe 

 national collection. 



3. — CiNNYRIS VENUSTUS FAZOGLENSIS. 



Nectarinia fazoglensis Heugl., Orn. N. O. Afr., II, 1873, 

 Append., pi. LXX : Fazogli. 



Range. — Abyssinia and Sudan. 



4. CiNNYRIS VENUSTUS FALKENSTEINI. 



Cùmyris falkensteini Fisch and Reichw., J. f. O., 1884, p. 56 : 

 Masai. 



Range. — Kenya Colony, Uganda. 



