100 CHALCOMITRA. CRUENTATA. 



The nests found by Dr. Fischer were hung from the outer 

 boughs of the shrubs at from twelve to fourteen feet from the 

 ground and composed of grass, roots, &c, and well lined with 

 feathers. 



He informs us that this species is known to the Zanzibaris 

 as " Tschosi katembo." The name Tschosi is apparently the 

 generic name of the natives for all Sunbirds, as other travellers 

 have applied it to G. microrhynchus and A. longuemarii, and it 

 is curious to find apparently the same name, spelt " Tschodi " 

 by Marche, applied by the natives of the Gaboon to C. 

 superbus. 



The name of Cinnyris gutturalis inoestimata is proposed by 

 Mr. Hartert for the birds of this form from the Bast African 

 sub-region, and he writes : " Specimens of G. gutturalis from 

 Bast Africa differ considerably from those of South Africa in 

 being much smaller and must be separated subspecifically." 



In 1884 Dr. Gadow (Cat. B. M. ix. p. 92) wrote : " The 

 smallest specimens of G. gutturalis occur in the Zanzibar 

 district, the largest in Natal." G. gutturalis varies in size : 

 culmen 09 to 1 - 15 ; wing 2'6 to 3 - 0. On comparing two fine 

 specimens collected by Bradshaw in South Zambesia with two 

 equally well-preserved specimens from Altoni (Emin) the result 

 is that these specimens scarcely differ at all in size. 



South Zambesia : culmen 09, wing 2 - 85 to 2*9. 



Altoni : culmen 095, wing 2*8. 



Chalcomitra cruentata. 



Chalcomitra cruentata (Rupp.), Salvad. Aon. Mus. Genov. 1884, p. 141 



Shoa; Shelley B. Afr. I. No. 50 (1896). 

 Cinnyris cruentatus, Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 259, pi. 80 (1878) ; Gadow, 



Cat. B. M. ix. p. 93 (1884). 

 Nectarinia cruentata, Bouvier, Bull. S. Z. France, 1877, p. 449 Uganda. 

 Chalcomitra scioana, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 1888, p. 247 Shoa. 



