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2. — Anthreptes hypodila zambesiana. 



Anthodioeta zambesiana Shelley, Monogr. Nectar, II, 1876, 

 p. 343, pi. III, fig. 3. — Type locality : Shupanga, Zambesi 

 river. 



Range. — Zambesi river, Mozambique (P. E. A.); Kalahari 

 désert, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Tanganyika Territory, 

 Zanzibar, Kenya colony ('), Uganda, E. Belgian Congo (Semliki 

 valley and Ruwenzori), vSudan (Mongalla). 



Distinguishing characters. — Underparts considerably brighter 

 yellow than in A. h. hypodila ; females with bright yellow bellies. 



Observation. — Spécimens from Zanzibar and Dar-es-Salaam 

 are rather paler. 



3. — Anthreptes hy'podila subcollaris. 

 Cf. supra. 



Range. — Sénégal, Portuguese Guinea, Sierra Leone, Libéria, 

 Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria. 



Distinguishing characters. — Yellow of underparts very bright 

 and washed with orange, particularly pronounced in Portuguese 

 Guinea and Sierra Leone spécimens. 



Observation. — We hâve no material from the type locality in 

 the British Muséum collection. 



(I found A. h. subcollaris near Lagos to be a common bird 

 keeping chiefly to low bushes. I saw young being fed early in 



(') Spécimens from the upper Athi river, Mount Kenia région and Mount Gargues in 

 Kenya Colony hâve been separated by Mearns (Proc. U. S. Nat. Muséum, 48, p. 389) as 

 Anthreptes collnris garguensis. Said to difFer from zamheziana in being « slightly larger, 

 darker (less golden) green above, and more olivaceous yellow below »; the type was obtained 

 at 7,100 ft on Mount Gargues. I should not be satisfied without seeing typical exaniples of 

 the distinciness of this form. Mearns appears (as usuali to hâve had a very small séries upon 

 which to base his déductions. 



