by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 277 



168. Chalcomitka vkhreauxi. 

 N. Illovo, Nov. (2). 



[Verreaux^s Sun-bird was noted from Natal only. The 

 pair obtained were shot at the edge o£ a patch of coast bush. 



The soft parts are : — 1 rides dark brown ; bill, legs and 

 toes black.] 



Chalcomitka vekkeauxi fisciieki. 



Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 453. [Type from Mozam- 

 bicjue.] 



P. Coguno, Sept. (2). 



This subspecies ran be distinguished by its slightly paler 

 colour below, and by its shorter bill, averaging 20"21 against 

 24''25 mm. in the typical form. It is a barely separable 

 subspecies. 



169. Chalcomitka olivacea. 



N. Illovo, Nov. (7) ; Z. Sibudeni, Jan., Oct. (5) ; 

 Hluhluwe stream, Aug. (1). 



Some of the specimens from Illovo possess an admixture 

 of orange-red in the pectoral tufts, the differentiating 

 character of C. olivacea daviesi, recently described by 

 Haagner from Pondoland. I think it is doubtful if that 

 subspecies can be maintained. 



[Both sexes are found with cinnamon-coloured tips to 

 some of the throat and upper breast-feathers. This may 

 be due to great age, but cannot at present be proved. 



The Olive Sun-bird was only found in Natal and Zululand, 

 where it was plentiful, frequenting the edges of the coast 

 bush, and in the latter locality occurring both on the open 

 hill-sides among the Proteas and aloes and in the forests. It 

 has an ordinary Sun-bird call and is usually found in pairs. 



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

 toes black.] 



170. Anthobaphes violacea. 



CC. Table Mt. slopes, Jan., Feb. (2); Plettenberg Bay, 

 Feb., Mch. (13). 



[" Zuikcr-bekkic " or " Zuiker-vogel *' of Colonists. 

 Found only in the Cape Peninsula and the Knysna, 



