130 CYANOMITRA CYANOL.EMA. 



western shore of Victoria Nyanza ; from the latter locality 

 came the types of Cinnyris viridisplendens, Beichenow. 



To the east of Victoria Nyanza Mr. Ansorge found the 

 species at Masindi in Unyoro during May and June, and 

 Mr. Jackson collected a fine series, which agree perfectly with 

 those from the Gold Coast, at Mandi in May, June and July, 

 up to an elevation of 6,500 feet, and at Ntebi in March and 

 September, so apparently the species is nowhere migratory. 



In this species both sexes, when in full adult breeding 

 plumage, have metallic colours on the head. In both sexes, 

 immature birds appear to be very similar in plumage, and 

 have no metallic colours. The full dress first begins to 

 appear in the form of metallic feathers on the upper part 

 of the head and neck, then the breast becomes mottled 

 with clear ashy ; next metallic plumes appear on the throat 

 of the male and ashy white ones on that of the female. 

 The last portion of the immature plumage to be discarded is 

 the yellow on the collar and down the centre of the breast. 



Cyanomitra cyanolsema. 



Cyanornitra cyanolaema (Jard.), Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 66 (1896). 

 Cinnyris cyanolsema, Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 297, pi. 95 (1877) ; Gadow, 



Cat. B. M. ix. p. 78 (1884) ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. 1886, p. 251 ; 



1888, p. 72; 1889, p. 118; 1892, p. 22 Liberia; Reichen. J. f. 0. 



1887, pp. 301, 306 Congo ; Sjostedt, Sv. Vet. Ak. Handl. 1895, p. 102 



Camaroons ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1899, p. 635 Buganda ; Oberholser, 



Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1899, p. 34 Liberia. 

 Nectarinia cyanolasma, Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche, &c. p. 13 (1875) Sierra 



Leone; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 176 (1877) Angola. 

 Adelinus cyanolsema, Oust. N. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. p. 132 (1879) Gaboon. 



Adult Male. Upper surface, including the sides of the head, brown ; 

 crown and throat deep metallic green shaded with violet ; remainder of the 

 under parts paler brown than the back and with pale yellow pectoral-tufts. 

 Total length 57 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 2-7, tail 2'5, tarsus 0-7. Fantee 

 (Aubin). 



