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Nyika Plateau, June. Two adult males aud a female. 

 This species ranges northward to the Equator and westward 

 to Angola. 



3. CiNNYRIS MICRORHVNCHUS. 



Cinnyris micro rhynchus, Shelley ; id. B. A£r. i. p. 33, 

 no. 28; Reiclien. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 211. 



Songue, on the northern shores of Lake Nyasa, June. 

 One adult male in full plumage. Nyasaland is the most 

 southern known locality for this species, which ranges over 

 Eastern Africa to the Equator. 



4. Cinnyris falkensteini. 



Cinnyris falkensteini, Reichen. ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 3, 

 no. 36 ; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 16, 1894, p. 13, 1896, pp. 180, 233. 



Nyika Plateau and Kombi, 6000 to 7000 feet. One 

 nestling in June; two in full adult male plumage and a 

 female in July. This is another of the Sunbirds which 

 belong to Eastern Africa northward from Nyasaland. 



5. Cinnyris ludovicensis. 



Cinnyris ludovicensis (Bocage), Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 4, 

 no. 40; Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 830. 



Nectarinia intermedia, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1880, p. 236. 



Cinnyris erikssoni, Trimen, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 451, pi. 32. 



Nyika Plateau, June. Four specimens in full adult male 

 plumage. It is interesting to find this Sunbird (which 

 replaces C. afer and C. chalybeus north of the Cunene River 

 iu the Portuguese West-African colony) also occurring in 

 Nyasaland. 



6. Cinnyris preussi. 



Cinnyris preussi, Reichen. ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 4, no. 44. 



Kombi (Masuku Range), 7000 feet, July, A full- 

 plumaged male. This species was hitherto known only from 

 Camaroons. It belongs to the group of Cinnyr^is which may 

 be characterized by having the breast pale (never blackish), 

 the entire head uniform green, the tail square, and a broad 

 uon-metallic scarlet breast-band. The following key may 

 assist in recognizing the 7 known species of this group : — 



