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it breeds all the year round, for Keulemans saw youno^ 

 birds in every month of the year. A long description of 

 the habits of this Sunbird is given by Capt. Shelley in liis 

 ' Birds of Africa/ 



Specimen g in Boyd Alexander's collection is almost 

 adult, but has not yet obtained the metallic violet-shaded 

 blue throat and breast, which are dull sooty-grey. 



Specimen h is a younger male, with the underparts bright 

 olive-yellow. 



Specimen b is apparently a young female and has the 

 entire underparts grey, becoming yellowish on the belly. 

 The upperparts are rather bright green, and the tail, which 

 is brown, becoming light towards the tip, is widely margined 

 on the outer web with green. 



11. '^Cinnyris ohscurus. 



Cyanomitra obscura (Jard.) ; Shelley, Birds of Africa, ii. 

 1900, p. 125. 



Cinnyris obscurus Salvador!, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, i. 

 1903, p. 5 ; Bocage, Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1903, p. 48. 



a. S ad. 6.iii.09. 



This Sunbird is a common west African form, ranging 

 from Liberia to Angola. It is plentiful on Fernando Po 

 and also occurs in Prince's Island, where it is said by 

 Keulemans to be confined to dense forest, and is, in 

 consequence, seldom seen. It frequents high trees in the 

 forest and is rarely seen near the ground. 



A good account of the bird's habits on Prince's Island is 

 given in Shelley's ^ Birds of Africa' on the authority of 

 Keulemans. It is doubtless resident in the island. 



Dohrn notes that this species lives in higher regions than 

 C. hartlaubi. 



12. *Zosterops ficedulina. 



Zosterops ficedulina Hartlaub, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 327; 

 Shelley, Birds of Africa, ii. 1900, p. 185, pi. viii. fig. 1 ; 

 Salvador!, Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, i. 1903, p. 5; Bocuge, 

 Jorn. Sci. Lisboa, 1903, p. 4'9. 



