the Birds of Ngamiland. ZIK 



Irisj bill, and feet dark brown. 



This example, in immature plumage, has the feathers of 

 the throat and breast orange mixed with carmine, especially 

 the former. The chest-band is buff streaked with black, 

 producing a spotted appearance. 



Only a single pair of Pink-throated Long-claws was met 

 with in Ngamiland. They were found on a broad open flat 

 surrounded by marsh-land. It is curious that in a country 

 apparently so suitable for these birds no other specimens 

 should have been seen. 



CiNNViiis MARiQUENsis Smith. 



Cinmjris mariquensis Stark, i. p. 279 ; Reich, iii. p. 479. 



a. c?. Mababe Flats, 3000 ft., 9th Aug. (No. 87, 

 R. B. W.) 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



Dr. Reichenow has separated Damaraland examples of 

 this species under the name of C. m. ovamboensis {cf. Vog. 

 Afr. iii. p. 480), but the distinguishing characters attributed 

 by him to this form are not borne out by specimens in the 

 British Museum. 



Only a single specimen of this Sun-bird was seen in 

 Ngamiland. It was flying about the tops of the trees in 

 the mopani forest near the marshes, but as the season was 

 mid-winter and the leaves were falling, this seemed a curious 

 place for a Sun-bird to be searching for food. 



Anthothreptes zambesiana (Shelley). 



Anthothreptes zambesiana Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1909, p. 28G ; 

 id. Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 320 (1910). 



c? . Mababe Flats, 2900 ft., 24th July. (No. 66, R. B. W.) 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. 



This Collared Sun-bird was not at all common in Ngami- 

 land in winter, but it is possible that during the summer 

 months tliere may be some visitors from the Zambesi. It 

 was seen only on the densely forested islands in the marshes 

 north of the Lake, where there were masses of flowerinfj 

 creepers on the trees. 



