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was abundant, but rarely in full plumage during the month 

 of February when we were there. 



It specially frequents the large flowering trees of the real 

 forest, and, I fancy, rarely comes actually to the coast, though 

 it has been recorded by Dr. Reichenow from Accra. 



I do not find the species mentioned from the Niger, nor 

 from any of the islands along the coast, but in Camaroons 

 both Crossley and Dr. Reichenow met with it, Dr. Preuss has 

 procured specimens at Buea in the mountains, and Mr. Sjosted 

 at Bibundi. 



In Gaboon these Sunbirds have been found by Du Chaillu 

 at the Moonda and Muni rivers, by Marche at Lope in the 

 Ogowe district, where he informs us it is known to the natives 

 as " Tschodi." According to Verreaux it occurs in Gaboon 

 apparently during its migration, arriving early in Spring and 

 leaving again in the Autumn, after the breeding season. Both 

 sexes, he observes, have a sweet little song which may be heard 

 in concert, morning and evening. 



On the Loango Coast it has been procured by Falkenstein 

 and Petit near Chinchonxo, and in Angola, which is the most 

 southern known range for this species, by Mr. Hamilton. 



This Sunbird ranges inland through the Congo district, 

 having been procured at Yambuya on the Aruwimi river by 

 Jameson, while waiting there with the rear guard of the 

 Stanley Expedition ; by Bohndorff at Leopoldsville on the 

 Congo and at Semmio in the Nyam-nyam country, and further 

 still to the eastward Emin collected specimens at Bellima, 

 Tangasi and Njamgabo. 



Cinnyris johannse. 



Cinnyris johannee, Verr. ; Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 199, pi. 61 (1876) ; 

 Sharpe and Bouvier, Bull. S. Z. France, 1876, p. 305 Loango; Oust. 

 N. Arch. Mus. (2) II. Bull. 1879, p. 84 Gaboon; Gadow, Cat. 

 B. M. ix. p. 49 (1884); Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. 1886, p. 249, 

 1889, p. 130, 1892, p. 22 Liberia; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 21 (1896). 



