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2. — Cyanomitra verticalis cyanocephala. 



Certhia cyanocephala Shaw., Gen, Zool., VIII, î8ii, p. 203 : 

 Malimba. 



Range. — Cameroon, Gaboon, N. Angola. 

 Apparently extending into N. W. Rhodesia. 



Observation. — I am unable to separate birds from the Chimpili 

 Plateau, Rhodesia, from this form. I shall expect the bird from 

 the Western Belgian Congo also to belong to this form, but we 

 hâve no spécimens from there; the race inhabing the Eastern 

 Belgian Congo is C. v. viridisplendens. 



For the distinguishing characters of ail the forms see Sclater 

 and Praed's paper on the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 

 (1. c). Closely allied to the C. verticalis-gxQiM-\^ are the two 

 Sunbirds distinguished by their golden-olive plumage and metallic- 

 blue or green heads and breasts. 



I. — Cyanomitra oritis oritis. 



Cinnyris oritis Rchw., Ber. Mârz-Stz. D. O. G., 1892, p. igo 

 Buea. 



Range. — Cameroon Mountain. 



2. — Cyanomitra oritis poensis. 



Cyanomitra poensis Alexander, Bull. B. O. C, XIII, 1903, 

 p. 38, near Belilipi, Fernando Po. 



Range. — Fernando Po. 



Characters. — Distinguished from C. 0. oritis by the darker 

 colour of the olive body-plumage and by the metallic feathers 

 being dull steel-green instead of blue. 



