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Manda Is. ; Salvad. E. Acad. Sc. Torino, 1894, p. 556 Somali ; 

 Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 474 Somali ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 32 

 (1896) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1896, p. 82 ; 1898, p. 403 Somali ; Elliot 

 Field Columb. Mus. Orn. I. No. 2, p. 41 (1897) Somali; Hawker, 

 Ibis, 1899, p. 67, Somali: 



Adult male. Similar to C. leucogaster but with the throat violet shaded 

 steel blue not separated by any pectoral-band from the white of the breast ; 

 front half of the pectoral-tufts orange. Total length 36 inches, culmen 065, 

 wing 2-1, tail 1-5, tarsus 0.65. 



Adult female. Similar to G. leucogaster but whiter beneath and with no 

 pale ends to any of the tail feathers. 



The Somali White-breasted Sunbird inhabits Manda Island 

 just north of Formosa Bay and Somaliland. 



Mr. F. J. Jackson collected specimens on Manda Island, 

 and remarks : "Very common all over the island, especially in 

 the dense bush on the sides of the sand-hills along the shore. 

 I found several nests with eggs in May. The song is very 

 much like the first few notes of our Common Wren." 



In Somaliland the type was obtained by Daubeny at Medudu, 

 better known as Ras Hafoon, the extreme eastern promontory 

 of Africa. 



. It appears to be a common species in Somaliland, and 

 frequently to be met with around the flowering shrubs in 

 company with G. habessinicus ; for according to Mr. Hawker: 

 " This bird is common on the plains of Berbera," and Mr. 

 Lort Phillips calls it " common both on the hills and on the 

 plains, where it may be seen in company with its dowdy little 

 mate wherever the mimosa is in blossom, or the aloe hangs its 

 crimson and yellow bells. It is very fearless, and does not 

 seem to mind being watched in the least ; " and later he 

 remarks : " Fairly common from the Berbera Plain to the top 

 of the Goolis Mountains." Mr. Elliot also collected specimens 

 in Somaliland. 



