00 CHALCOMITRA ACIK. 



ends. Beneath buff, strongly mottled by the brown centres of the feathers 

 on the throat and chest, and washed with brown on the flanks. Total 

 length 4-6 inches, culnien 085, wing 2-45, tail 17, tarsus 065. 



The Senegal Scarlet-chested Suubird is confined to the 

 northern portion of "West Africa and is only known for certain 

 from the coast-land between 10" and 15° N. lat. 



Swainson writes : " It is probably one of the most common 

 birds of Senegal, as scarcely any collection imported from that 

 country does not contain several specimens ; " and Dr. P. 

 Rendall in his recent notes on the ornithology of the Gambia 

 remarks : " Scarcely a flowering shrub in my garden yielded 

 any flowers the corollas of which had not been pierced by 

 individuals of this species or of Ginnyris cupreus." 



It has been recorded by Prof. Barboza du Bocage from 

 Goree, a small island off Cape Verde. Marche collected 

 specimens in Senegambia, at Hann, Daranka and Sedhion, and 

 in the British Museum there are examples from the Gambia, 

 Cassamanse and Bissao. Dr. Hartlaub records a specimen in 

 the Bremen Museum from the Gold Coast, which locality I 

 feel sure must be incorrect, as it has never since been procured 

 from south of Bissao, and for the same reason I agree with 

 Dohrn that it does not occur in Princes Island. 



Many erroneous localities have been given to species, owing 

 to naturalists who have not labelled their specimens with the 

 date and the name of the place where they were actually 

 procured having often had their collections referred to one 

 locality although they probably added to them during the 

 whole time of their travels. 



Chalcomitra acik. 



Chalcomitra acik (Antin.), Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 48 (1896). 



Cinnyris acik, Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 265, pi. 82 (1878) ; Gadow, Cat. 



