1918.] the Birds of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 617 



2 RafFali Feb., 2 Wau Mch. Apl. B.G. ; 4 Mongalla 



July Sept. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 6 Kamisa Dec. Sen. ; 1 Jebel Ahmed 



Ag-a Jan., 1 ur. Lake No Feb., 1 White Nile 



lat. 9^° N. Feb. U.N. 

 From this excellent series of dated skins it would appear 

 that these Suubirds retain their tails practically throughout 

 the year until they become very worn in December when 

 they are shed, and the new tail commences to sprout in 

 January. The metallic breeding-dress commences soon 

 after and is complete in from May to July. The winter 

 birds resemble the females, but always retain traces of the 

 metallic green on tlie shoulders and the long tail-feathers, 

 which appear to be only lost for the annual moult. 



Nectarinia erythroceria. 



Cinnyris erythrocerius (Heugl.) ; Shelley, B. A. ii. p. 49. 



[C. & L. coll.] 1 White Nile lat. 9^° N. Feb. W.N. 



This species is not represented in the Butler collection, 

 but there are in the Museum, a pair from Magungo, where 

 the Nile leaves Albert Nyanza, and a male from Wadelai, 

 farther north, collected byEmin. The Chapman and Lynes 

 example is a female and was obtained still farther north, near 

 Taufikia, and is almost certainly referable to this species, 

 though identification of female Sunbirds with certainty is 

 always a difficult matter. 



Not uncommon in the " sudd " region of the Nile and 

 farther south [A. L. B.). 



Cinnyris cupreus. 



Cinnyris cupreus (Shaw); Shelley, B. A. ii. p. 36 ; Butler, 

 Ibis, 1909, p. 75. 



[B. coll.] 6 Roseires July, Aug. Sen. ; 1 Kojali Feb. B.G. 

 [Chr. coll.] 2 Yei Nov. Dec. L.E. ; Tembura Apl., 

 Meridi Feb. B.G. 



Cinnyris splendidus. 



Cinnyris splendidus (Shaw) ; Shelley, B. A. ii. p. 45. 



[Chr. coll.] 2 Yambio Mch. B.G. 



