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For the other described races of C. chloropygius from East 

 Africa see. Sclater and Praed's paper on the Birds of the 

 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1. c.)- 



I hâve not gone into the question of C. c. pawwelsi Dubois from 

 Tanganyika, it is stated to hâve a marked violet band separating 

 the colours of the breast. If this is so I do not consider it a sub- 

 species of C. chloropygius. We hâve no spécimens of this fonn in 

 the British Muséum. 



Chalcomitra fuliginosa. 



Certhia fuliginosa Shaw, Gen. Zool., VIII, 1811, p. 222. — 

 Type locality : Malimba. 



Three différent collectors hâve obtained the Carmélite Sunbird 

 in Southern Nigeria; Ussher at Lagos, Robin at Abeokuta, and 

 Kemp at Burutu in April. It is also recorded from Cameroon 

 Mountain which is now included politically in S. Nigeria. It is 

 represented in the British Muséum from Senegambia, Libéria, 

 Gold Coast, N. and S. Nigeria, Cameroon, Gaboon and the 

 Loango Coast (just North of the Congo River moiith) from which 

 locality the type was procured, Reichenovv records it also from 

 Dahomev and from the western Belgian Congo. 



It is remarkable to what an extent the brown feathers of the 

 head and nape become worn in this bird. A séries from Libéria 

 which Mr Lowe secured in igii hâve thèse parts almost white 

 throngh wear and apparentlv the bleaching effect of the sun. 

 It is almost unbeleivable that the brown feathers can become so 

 discoloured. 



Chalcomitra adelberti eboensis. 



Nectarina Eboensis Jardine, Naturalists Library, XIII, Nectari- 

 niidae, 1843, P- 244. — fype locality : Ebo. Niger River. 



Four spécimens, two adult maies and two adult females, of the 

 Niger Buff-throated Sunbird were obtained by Mr Lowe at the Iju 

 water works, near Lagos, on December I2th and iSth and January 

 I4th and i6th iqig-20. 



