— 341 — 



island sunbird C. dussnnueri, from which Nicoll separated it 

 on accoiint of its pale lemo7i pectoral tufts. I am doubtful what 

 construction to put upon this. The question is outside the scope of 

 this paper but I would draw the attention of naturalists to the impro- 

 babilitv of thèse two birds living together without interbreeding. 

 Had C. maJiei been confined to Mahé (which it is) and 

 C. dussuDiieri been confined to Praslin and Félicité etc. and not 

 occured on Mahé as well, I should not hâve raised the question, 

 as the two birds certainly appear to hâve very distinctly coloured 

 pectoral tufts. 



(The two maies both taken in December, were feeding with 

 other varieties in a Bombax tree. — W. P. L.) 



Anthreptes longmari haussarum. 



Anthreptes longmari haussarum Neumann, J. f. O., 1906, p. 245. 

 — Type locality : Angome Tongbe, Togoland. 



Robin Kemp obtained two examples of the Haussa Violet- 

 backed Sunbird at Agoulerie, S. Nigeria in June. Mr Lowe did 

 not meet with it. 



From Northern Nigeria Boyd Ai^exander secured two more 

 spécimens in June and July 1904 at Tarkum, which lies immediately 

 south of Ibi. 



The races of this sunbird hâve been dealt with by Neumann 

 (J. f. O., 1906, pp. 244-248) when several new forms were 

 described and reviewed again by Zedlitz (J . f. O., 1916, 



PP- 73-75)- 



ScLATER and Praed apparently checked this review in their 

 récent Work on the Birds of the Anglo^Egyptian Sudan (Ibis, 1918, 

 pp. 623-624) but remark (p. 624) « ail thèse races seem fairly clear 

 and well defined. We hâve not however, had the opportunity of 

 examining Sénégal spécimens, and if they eventually prove to be 

 indistinguishable from A. l. haussarum, the latter species must 

 become a synonym ». Although there is only one female spécimen 

 from the Gambia in the British Muséum thèse authors overlooked 



