19 1 8.] the Birds of the Anylo -Egyptian Sudan. 619 



one example_, aud it would be desirable to examine more 

 before deciding on its validity. 



5. C. c. PAUWELsi Dubois^ Rev. Franc. d'Orn. ii. No. 22, 

 1911, p. 17 : Baraka, north of Tanganyika. Stated by 

 Reichenow to be near C. c. orphogaster^ but with a shorter 

 beak, and to have a marked violet band separating the 

 colours of the breast. 



Range. Tanganyika district. There is a bird collected by 

 R. Grauer in the Tring Museum, from the forest west 

 of Tanganyika, which appears to be identical with this 

 race. 



We cannot appreciate the distinctness of C. c. weUensis 

 Reichw. J. f. O. 1912, p. 321, from the Welle. 



Cinnyris osea butleri, subsp. n. 



Closely resembling C. o. osea, but very much smaller 

 (wing ^ averaging 49 against S osea 54 mm.), and witii the 

 lower breast and belly below the violet-metallic patch quite 

 black without sheen, whereas in C. o. osea there is a distinct 

 metallic sheen on that part. 



"l^ype, 6 ? , Kajo Kaji, Lado Enclave, Mch. 1915, B.M. 

 reg. no. 1915/12/24/2345-6. 



Measurements : Wing, (^ 49-50, ? 48 ; bill, <^ 14*5, 

 ? 13-5; tail, ^ 35, ? 30 mm. 



Of a corresponding series of C. a. osea — wing, ^ 53-56, 

 ? 51-53; bill, c? 17-19, ? 16; tail, 40 mm. 



[B. coll.] 4 Kajo Kaji Nov. Mch. L.E. 



[Chr. coll.] 4 Yei Nov. Dec. L.E. ; 1 Meridi Feb. E.G. 



This is a very interesting discovery, as no form of C. osea, 

 which ranges from Palestine to Aden, has hitherto been 

 found in Africa. 



A single specimen was sent to Mr. Butler by Capt. C. 

 Graham ; subsequently Mr. Butler himself found it in the 

 same district. In a letter to Mr. Ogilvie-Graut, Butler 

 writes as follows : " The Cinnyris 1 sent you I met with 

 a few times on the Kajo Kaji plateau, but it was scarce and 



