272 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds coUected 



in actions and flight it raucli resembles the otlier small 

 Sun-birds, and is usually found around flowering trees 

 and shrubs, especially the Kigelia and flowering Aloes [Aloe 

 arborescens). 



The soft parts are : — Irides dark hazel ; bill, legs and 

 toes black.] 



159 a. CiNNYRIS VENUSTUS NIASS.E. 



Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii, p. 474. 



P. Tambarara, Mch.. Apl. (G). 



This subspecies is distinguished from C. venustus, found 

 in West Africa as far south as Gaboon, by the rich yt-llow of 

 its under parts and the more orange and less crimson shade 

 of its pectoral tufts. It was noted from Zumbo by Alexandei", 

 and Gazaland by A. L. Sclater and Swynnerton. 



[Only found in the Gorongoza district, where it was not 

 uncommon, and frequented the flowering climbers and shrubs, 

 especially a species of honeysuckle. In flight it resembles 

 the other small Sun-birds, but the call is somewhat sharper. 

 The male often indulges in a sweet warble. 



The soft parts are: — Irides dark brown; bill, legs and 

 toes black.] 



IGO. ClNXYRIS AFER. 



CC. Knysna, Jan., Feb. (17); Z. Sibudeni, Oct. (2) ; 

 Jususie, Dec. (1) ; Tv. AYoodbush, June, Dec. (2) ; Legogot, 

 Apl., May (3). 



[" Zuiker-beccie" or " Zuiker-vogel " of Colonists (as are 

 all Sun-birdsj. 



When it is once assumed the males retain their metallic 

 plumage throughout life, the yearly moult taking place 

 in the autumn season — January to March. Young birds 

 moult directly into the adult feathering in the autumn 

 following the nesting-season. In the more northern localities 

 this species appears to breed somewhat late, and two broods 

 are sometimes reared, as birds in the first plumage were 

 taken in May and June. Whether these late birds retain 

 this plumage till the following autumn is not known; but 



