128 CYANOMITRA VERTICALIS. 



Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 38 Ting as i ; Reiehen. J. f. 0. 1892, p. 190 ; 



1894, p. 41 ; 1896, p. 38 Camaroons ; 1897, p. 46 Togoland. 

 Cyanomitra cyanocephala, Oust. N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. Bull, p 89 (1879) 



Ogoive. 

 Neefcarinia verticalis, Hartl. Abhand. Brem. 1891, p. 28 Baguera. 

 Nectarinia cyanocephala (Shaw), Hartl. Abhand. Brem. 1882, p. 206 



Upper White Nile. 

 Cinnyris cyanocephalus, Hartert, J. f. O. 1886, p. 581 Niger. 

 Cinnyris bohndorffi, Reiehen. J. f. 0. 1887, pp. 214, 301, 306 Congo. 

 Cinnyris viridisplendens, Reiehen. J. f. O. 1892, pp. 54, 132 Bukoba ; 



Hartert in Ansorge's " Under Afr. Sun " App. p. 350 Unyoro. 



Adult Male. Head and neck deep metallic bluish green ; back and lesser 

 wing-coverts olive yellow ; wings and tail dark brown ; remainder of the 

 under parts leaden grey w T ith pale yellow pectoral-tufts. Total length 5 - 2 

 inches, culmen 0'95, wing 2-6, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-65. Cape Coast, 2. 2. 72 

 (Shelley). 



Adult Female. Upper surface as well as the sides of the head similar to 

 the male. Beneath, very pale ashy grey, almost white on the chin ; pectoral- 

 tufts white. Total length 4-9 inches, culmen 09, wing 2-3, tail 1-8, tarsus 

 0-65. Abrobonko, 30. 1. 72 (Shelley). 



The Green-headed Olive Sunbird ranges from the Gambia 

 river into Angola and through Equatorial Africa to Masailand. 



From the Gambia and Casamanse there are specimens of 

 both sexes in the British Museum. Bulger met with the 

 species on Bulama Island, one of the Bissagos group; Fergusson 

 and Marche at Sierra Leone; and in Liberia Mr. Biittikofer 

 collected specimens at Robertsport, Monrovia and Sckieflelins- 

 ville on the Junk river. 



From the Gold Coast there are more than thirty skins of 

 this species in the British Museum, including specimens from 

 Blmina, Ashantee, Fantee and the Volta river. They show- 

 conclusive evidence that G. bohndorffi and G. viridisplendens are 

 only varieties of G. verticalis. 



While at Cape Coast Castle with Mr. T. E. Buckley we 

 found the species common at Abrobonko around the large 

 scarlet flowers of the Bombax trees in company with many 

 other Sunbirds, and at other times perched upon the fronds of 



