Dr. F. Hopkinson-—Sunbirds



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Hab. : Western Cape Province. Plates : Shelley, Mon., pi. 78 ;

Nat. Libr., xvi, pi. 1. First importation, 1914—to France for Count

Segur ( Nzig ., p. 110), and it has been kept since by others.


Amethyst Sunbird ( Chalcomitra amethystina (Shaw)). Z. 626. Hab. :

South Africa. Plates : Shelley, Mon., pi. 84 ; Nat. Libr., xvi,

pi. 13 ; A.M., 1914, pi., p. 231. First imported to Germany in

1914 ( D. Gef. Welt., 1914, and Nzig., p. 111). Since in other

collections.


Senegal Sunbird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird ( Ch. senegalensis (Linn)).

Hab. : Senegal to Northern Nigeria. Plates: Shelley, Mon.,

pi. 83 ; Nat. Libr., xvi, pi. 11. Apparently the first importation

was in 1932 ; in July of that year I saw one sent over by M. Delacour

for Lord Tavistock and later M. Decoux wrote to tell me that he

also had one, “ the second time this species has been imported

to France.”


Southern Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Ch. senegalensis gutturalis

(Linn)). Z. 626. Hab.: Natal to Nyasaland, etc. Plates: Shelley,

Mon., pi. 81 ; Nat. Libr., xvi, pi. 12. “ Was introduced to the

market at the end of 1912 by Ditzell, of Leipzig, and four examples

were in Herr Pracht’s collection (Nzig., p. 112). The Zoo have had

it, and Gamage’s had some in 1926 (UOiseau, 1927, p. 62).


Collared Sunbird (Anthreptes collaris (F.). Z. 628. Hab. : East Cape

Province to Natal, etc. Plates : Shelley, Mon., pi. 110 ; Nat. Libr.,

xvi, pi. 6. First arrival, two to the Zoo in 1920 ; I saw them,

and they lived at least a year there. See also A.M., 1920, p. 158.


Tropical collared Sunbird (A. collaris hypodila (Jardine)). Z. 628a.

Hab.: Equatorial West Africa to Uganda, etc. “ Gamage had some

in 1926, a first importation (UOiseau, 1927, p. 62), and the Zoo

list notes that a specimen “ new to the collection ” was received

in December of that year.


Violet-backed Sunbird (A. longuemarei (Lesson)). Hab. : Senegal,

Gambia, and Portuguese Guinea. Plates : Shelley, Mon., pi. 108 ;

Swainson, Birds of West Africa, ii, p. 146, pi. 17. “ First importation

in 1926 for Gamage’s,” (teste UOiseau, 1927, p. 63), but Mr. Chaplin

doubts very much if this species has ever been imported, and I can

support this belief knowing that no Sunbirds ever left the habitat



