274 ]Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 



ClNNYRIS CHALYBEUS SUBALARIS. 



Reiclienow, Voj?. Air. iii. p. 491 [Ponrloland] . 

 CC. Knysna, Dec, Jan. (7); Plcttenherg Bay, Feb. (1); 

 Z. Sihudeni, Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan. (11) ; Tv. Zuurbron, 

 Apr., May (3) ; Woodhusli, Nov. (3). 



This form, recently described l)y Reicbenow, cannot be 

 considered auytbing but a siigbtly differentiated subspecies. 

 It bas a rather bniger bill, averaging in six Zululand males 

 2.2*3 against 19'(5 mm. in six Klipfontein males of tbe typical 

 form. Tbe lower breast is slightly washed witli yellowisb, 

 ■which is absent iii tbat of tbe typical form; but I am unable 

 to distinguish tbe two subspecies by the under M'ing-coverts 

 as is done by Reichenow. 



The examples from Knysna are all juveniles or females and 

 are difficult to determine ; on the wbole, I think that they 

 come nearer to C. suhalaris. In the British Museum examples 

 from Durban, and from Macamac in the Transvaal, are 

 referable to tiiis subspecies, "while those from Deelfontein 

 are undoubtedly C. chalybeus proper. 



[The sequence of plumage of tbis species appears to be 

 coincident with that of C. afer. Tbe Intermediate Double- 

 collared Sun-bird was found in tbe Knysna district, Zululand, 

 tbe South-Eastern and North-Eastern Transvaal. It was 

 i-atlier scarce in the Knysna district, wbich is probably its 

 i-xtrcme western limit, but w'as tbe commontst of tbe Sun- 

 birds in Zululand ami in the South-Eastern Transvaal. It 

 seems to be more partial to forest tban eitber C ofer or 

 C. chalybeus ; but in general babits, flight, and call it exactly 

 resembles them. 



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

 toes black.] 



ClNNYRIS NEERGAARDI. (Plate III. J 



Claude Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 93 (May 1908). 

 [Type, Coguno, Sept. 5.] 

 P. Coguno, July, Aug., Sept. (2 J , 1 S jr., 2 ? ). 

 This interesting little *<iai-!)ird comes iiear C. mediocris and 



