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where according to Dr. C. Miller it is called " Sushne." M. 

 Grandidier gives " Soimangaladia " as its Malagasy, and 

 " Soiangala " as its North Betsinisaraka names. To these 

 Dr. Sibree adds "Soy" as the North Sakalava, " Dandiaua " 

 as the Betsileo, and " Ramanjeona " as the Tanala names. 



Cinnyris nesophilus. (Pi. 2, fig. 2.) 



Cinnyris nesophilus, Shelley, Bull. B. 0. C. i. p. 5 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1893, 

 p. 118 ; id. B. Afr. I. No. 19 (1896) Great Comoro Is. 



Cinnyris notatus (nee Mull.), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 676; Milne 

 Edw. and Oust. N. Arch. Mus. (2) x. p. 243 (1887). 



Adult Male. Similar to C. notatus but larger and with the back and 

 throat strongly washed with bluish violet. Total length 6 inches, culmen 

 1-35, wing 2-9, tail 21, tarsus 0-8. Great Comoro Is. (Kirk). 



The Great Comoro Superb Sunbird is restricted to the 

 island of Angazia, better known as Great Comoro. 



Sir John Kirk kindly presented me with two adult males 

 of this species, which are now in the British Museum, one 

 being the type of the species. In 1879 I referred them to 

 the Madagascar G. notatus under the impression that the blue 

 shade on the back and throat might be due to chemical 

 causes. More recently Mr. Bi'ittikofer showed me a third 

 specimen from Great Comoro Island which agreed perfectly, 

 so I described the species, when MM. Milne Edwards and 

 Oustalet likewise remarked on these differences between the 

 Great Comoro and Madagascar forms as constant in a fine 

 series collected by M. Humblot on this island, where it is said 

 to be very abundant. 



Cinnyris superbus. 



Cinnyris superbus (Shaw), Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 197, pi. 60 (1876) ; 

 Sharpe and Bouvier, Bull. S. Z. France, 1876, p. 41 Loango ; 

 Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 48 (1884) ; Sharpe, Linn. Soc. Journ. Zool. 



