278 :Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 



where it occurs among the heather-clad slopes of the 

 mountains and hill-sides. It was especially ])lentiful in 

 the latter locality and was in pairs. It feeds principally 

 on the nectar of flowering heaths and Proteas. The call is 

 a sharp " zwi," the male sometimes indulging in a warbling 

 song ; the flight is swift and erratic. I did not discover 

 any occupied nest. 



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

 black.] 



171. Anthotiireptes collaris. 



N. lUovo, Nov. (3) ; Z. Sibiideni, Jan., Oct. (2) ; Ngoye 

 Hills, Sept., Oct. (3). 



[This Collared buu-bird was found only in Natal and 

 Zululand, where it was very plentiful, generally being- 

 observed in pairs ; it frequents low bushes and trees both 

 on the outskirts of and in the woods and forests, and feeds 

 on insects and nectar ; I think more largely on the former 

 than do other Sun-birds. It has rather a weak call, and no 

 song that 1 have heard; it is very tame and confiding, of tea 

 approaching so close that shooting is impossible. 



The soft parts are : — Irides brown ; bdl, legs and toes 

 black.] 



172. Anthothreptes collaris hypodilus. 



p. Coguno, Sept. (2) ; Masambeti, Nov. (1) ; Beira, 

 Dec, Jan. (2); Tambarara, ]\Ich., Apl. (2). 



[This form was found in the Inliambane, Beira, and 

 Gorongoza districts of Portuguese East Africa, where it was 

 by no means common, and frequented the lower bushes 

 and trees in the woods and forests. In appearance, call, 

 and general hal)its it resembles A. collaris. 



The soft [)arts are : — Irides brown ; bill, legs and toes 

 black.] 



Anthothreptes reichenowi. 

 Gunning, Ann. Transvaal Mus. i. p. 173. 

 P. Beira, Jan. (I). 



This is a young bird without metallic colour or tufts. It 

 is dark olive above and paler below, becoming pale yellow on 



