54 CINNYRIS BIFASCIATUS. 



Hawker a fine series, in full plumage, in January at Jifa Meclir 

 and Ujawaji ; these latter have been named G. mariquensis 

 hawlceri by Mr. Neumann. 



In Shoa, Antinori procured the species at Ambo-Karra in 

 July, and at Grasiane in August, all in full plumage, and Dr. 

 Ragazzi a specimen at the Gerba torrent. 



In Abyssinia Jesse obtained specimens at Undel Wells and 

 Senafe, including the type of the species, and specimens have 

 also been received from Mr. Esler, who chiefly collected near 

 Ailet. Neither Von Heuglin nor Mr. Blanford appear to have 

 met with this species during their travels, but Mr. Blanford 

 mentions one that was shot by Captain Sturt at an elevation 

 of 5,000 to 6,000 feet, just below Senafe. 



Cinnyris bifasciatus. 



Cinnyris bifasciatus (Shaw), Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 217, pi. 66 (1876) ; 



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



N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. Bull. 1879, p. 131 Gaboon ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. 



ix. p. 47 (1884) ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus., 1888, p. 211 Congo, 



1889, p. 231 Mossamedes; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 27 (1896). 

 Nectarinia bifasciata, Sousa, Journ. Lisb. 1886, p. 160 Benguela, 1887, 



p. 94 Quissange. 



Adult male. Similar to C. mariquensis but smaller ; the bill slightly 

 less arched, and the plumage generally not so strongly shaded with the 

 copper gloss. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0'75, wing 2-4, tail 1-65, 

 tarsus 0-65. Landana, 19. 1. 76 (Petit). 



Adult female. Similar to C. mariquensis but washed on the upper parts 

 with olive and on the chest with yellow ; lower throat and chest more 

 striped but with less distinct dusky mottling. Total length 4 inches, culmen 

 0-7, wing 2-2, tail 1-4, tarsus 0-65. Landana, 6. 76 (Petit). 



Nestling. Similar to adult female but with the throat dusky with a band 

 of buff down each side, and the chest feathers with broad black subterminal 

 bars. Total length 3-5 inches, culmen 0*55, wing 2, tail 1, tarsus 0-6. 

 Chinchonso, 5. 4. 76 (Petit). 



The Western Bifasciated Sunbird is the West African 

 representative of the closely allied Bifasciated Sunbirds, and 



