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St. Paul de Loanda. C. acik is, however, a north-east 

 African species, and on examining the specimens which have 

 been so identified, I find that those from Sierra Leone (two 

 females) are, almost undoubtedly, referable to Cinnyris 

 splendidus, which is common in Sierra Leone, while C. acik 

 is very unlikely to occur there, and even its western repre- 

 sentative, C. senegalensis, was never seen by me during two 

 years^ residence. 



The specimens from St. Paul de Loanda are not C. acik, 

 but Cinnyris guttur alls, the south-west Afiican form of this 

 group. 



Cinnyris cupreus. 



This species, like C. splendidus^ is more numerous about 

 Freetown during the rainy season than during the dry. In 

 June and July I frequently saw four or five males going 

 about together. Before June I scarcely ever saw a male in 

 full plumage. 



Cinnyris venustus. 



The pectoral plumes of this species vary from greenish 

 yellow with the barest trace of orange, to bright yellow 

 strongly tinged with orange. 



Anthreptes coUaris hypodilus. 



Reichenow appears to rightly make A. zambeziana 

 (Shelley) a synonym of this species. Two o£ my specimens 

 from Sierra Leone agree almost exactly with the type of 

 A. zambeziana in the British Museum in having a little 

 metallic-golden green on the margins of the secondaries. 



Anthreptes gabonicus. 



This small grey Sunbird is scarce. I only met with it 

 t'.vice, on both occasions not far from the sea-shore. 



Family Parid^e. 



Parus niger leucomelas. 



One specimen was collected by Dr. Bower in the Karine 

 District. 



