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The type of this rare subspecies was obtained by Thompson at 

 Ebo during the Niger Expédition, and is in the British Muséum. 

 It is noticeably darker on the underparts than either of Mr Lowes 

 spécimens and in this respect reseinbles the only other example 

 T bave seen, a maie from Ankpa, Northern Nigeria, presented 

 by Col. Stephenson Clarke to the National collection. It is 

 however remarkable that one of Mr Lowe's two maie birds 

 is several shades darker on the breast and belly than the other. 



C. a. eboensis must certainly be considered a subspecies of 

 C. adelberti adelberti, nlthough it raay be distinguished easily from 

 that species by its nuich paler buff-throat and by the deeper 

 chestnut breast and belly. The female is much lighter coloured 

 throughout than the female of C. a. adelberti, the breast being 

 pale yellowish-grey marked with pale brown. 



There are only two races of the Buff-throated Sunbird. 



1. — Chalcomitra adelberti adelberti. 



Cinnyris adelberti Gervais, Mag de Zool., 1834, pi. XIX : 

 Sénégal. 



Range. — Sénégal, Libéria, Gold Coast. 



2. — Chalcomitra adelberti eboensis. 

 Cf. Supra. 



Range. — Togoland, Northern and Southern Nigeria. 



(Though found with the other varieties, the Buff-throated Sunbird 

 is nevertheless very scarce. W. P. L.) 



Cyanomitra obscura guineensts. {Cyanomitra obscur a aucto- 



rum). 

 C\anomitra obscura guineensis Bannerman, Bull. B. O. C, XLI, 



June 1921, p. 135. — Type locality : Nanna Kru, Libéria. 



Three examples were obtained by Mr Lowe of the Guinea Olive 

 Sunbird at Iju in January. Previously it had been obtained in Sou- 



