110 CHALCOMITRA FULIGINOSA. 



broad loral band, centre of breast and under tail-coverts buff. Total lengtb 

 4-8 inches, culmen 085, wing 25, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-65. 



The Carmelite Sunbird is confined to West Africa, where 

 it ranges from Senegambia to the Congo. 



I have seen specimens from Senegambia, but it appears to 

 be far more plentiful towards the Equator. 



In Liberia, according to Mr. Biittikofer, it is not common, 

 although he procured specimens at Robertsport, Monrovia, 

 Junk river and Schieffelinsville, and the type of G. aureus, 

 Less., was a Liberian specimen in the Wiirtemburg collection. 

 On the Gold Coast, according to Ussher, it is moderately 

 common, possibly appearing only at certain seasons, for Mr. 

 T. E. Buckley and myself never met with it there in February 

 and March. 



In the British Museum there are specimens from the Volta 

 river, Abeokuta and Lagos. 



I find no mention of the species from the Niger, but in 

 Camaroons it is abundant, according to Dr. Reichenow, and 

 Crossley and Sir Harry Johnston both collected specimens 

 there. 



Gaboon is possibly the metropolis of this species, for here 

 specimens have been collected by Du Chaillu near the Moonda 

 and Camma river, by Marche in the Ogowe district, and by 

 Mr. Skertchley at Kavimba. Along the Loango coast at 

 Malimba, Perrein procured the type of the species, and, close 

 by, specimens have been collected by Falkenstein and Petit at 

 Chinchonxo and Landana, and by Captain Sperling at Kabenda. 



Ascending the Congo river, Bohndorff collected specimens 

 at Leopoldsville, just below Stanley Pool, which is the most 

 eastern known range for this species. 



G. fuliginosa has apparently only one actual moult in the 

 year, when the male passes out of the dull female-like plumage 

 and abruptly assumes the dark brown feathers and metallic 



