272 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
in actions aud flight it much resembles the other small 
Sun-birds, and is usually found around flowering trees 
and shrubs, especially the Kigelia and flowering Aloes (Aloe 
arborescens). 
The soft parts are:—Irides dark hazel; bill, legs and 
toes black,] 
159 a. ClNNYRIS VENUSTUS NIASS.E. 
Reich enow, Vog. Afr. hi. p. 474. 
P. Tambarara, Mch., Apl. (6). 
This subspecies is distinguished from C. venustus, found 
in West Africa as far south as Gaboon, by the rich yellow of 
its under parts and the more orange and less crimson shade 
of its pectoral tufts. It was noted from Zumbo by Alexander, 
and Gazaland by A. L. Sclater and Swynnerton. 
[Only found in the Gorongoza district, where it was not 
uncommon, and frequented the flowering climbers and shrubs, 
especially a species of honeysuckle. In flight it resembles 
the other small Sun-birds, but the call is somewhat sharper. 
The male often indulges in a sweet warble. 
The soft parts are :—Irides dark brown; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
160. ClNNYRIS AFER. 
CC. Knysna, Jan., Feb. (17); Z. Sibudeni, Oct. (2); 
Jususie, Dec. (1) ; Tv. W 7 oodbush, June, Dec. (2); Legogot, 
Apl., May (3). 
[ a Zuiker-beccie ” or “ Zuiker-vogeP’ of Colonists (as are 
all Sun-birds). 
When it is once assumed the males retain their metallic 
plumage throughout life, the yearly moult taking place 
in the autumn season—January to March. Young birds 
moult directly into the adult feathering in the autumn 
following the nesting-season. In the more northern localities 
this species appears to breed somewhat late, and two broods 
are sometimes reared, as birds in the first plumage were 
taken in May and June. Whether these late birds retain 
this plumage till the following autumn is not known; but 
