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abundant. It belongs to the " Olive " group, and appears to be most nearly related to C. hart- 

 laubi, from which it differs in having pale yellow pectoral tufts, and in the crown as well as the 

 throat being deep metallic green. From C. reicheribacMi it differs in the metallic parts being 

 separated by the non-metallic feathers of the cheeks and ear-coverts. 



The specimens which I have figured come from Fantee, where, according to Governor Ussher 

 (Ibis, 1874, p. 58), it is not very common, though occasionally found in the vicinity of Cape- 

 Coast Castle ; but most of the specimens he sent home were, I believe, collected by Aubinn in 

 Denkera ; and I suspect that it is a woodland species, although it does not appear to be abundant 

 even in these localities. During my stay on the Gold Coast, neither Mr. Buckley nor myself 

 ever met with it; and I am inclined to believe that it visits Fantee, as a partial migrant, 

 according to the flowering-season of the trees and plants. 



The type specimens from which the late Sir William Jardine originally described this 

 species were collected by Mr. Fraser on the island of Fernando Po. Mr. Cassin (Pr. Philad. 

 Acad. 1859, p. 36) thus describes the immature male: — "Upper parts dark olive tinged with 

 yellow ; underparts pale yellowish green with obscure spots of dark green, nearly black on the 

 throat; bill always black. Hub. Camma and Moonda rivers (DuChaillu)." From these two 

 localities I have examined specimens in the Marquess of Tweeddale's collection, as well as 

 others from the Gaboon and the Ogowe river in the British Museum, formerly in Mr. Sharpe's 

 collection, which also contained an example obtained by Mr. Monteiro in Angola, possibly 

 from Bembe, whence it has been recorded by Dr. Hartlaub (P. Z. S. 1860, p. 110); and we are 

 also informed by Mr. Sharpe (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 133) that a pair was brought home from Angola 

 by Mr. Hamilton. Dr. Hartlaub (Orn. W.Afr. p. 51) gives the locality Galam, taken from a 

 specimen in the Paris Museum. 



