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Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
ClNNYRIS CHALYBEUS SUBALARIS. 
Reichenow, Yog. Afr. iii. p. 491 [Pondoland]. 
CC. Knysna, Dec., Jan. (7); Plettenberg Bay, Feb. (1); 
2s. Sibudeni, Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan. (11) ; Tv. Zuurbron, 
Apr., May (3) ; Woodbusb, Nov. (3). 
This form, recently described by Reichenow, cannot be 
considered anything but a slightly differentiated subspecies. 
It has a rather longer bill, averaging in six Zululand males 
22*3 against 19‘6 mm. in six Klipfontein males of the typical 
form. The lower breast is slightly washed with yellowish, 
which is absent in that of the typical form ; but I am unable 
to distinguish the two subspecies by the under wing-coverts 
as is done by Reichenow. 
The examples from Knysna are all juveniles or females and 
are difficult to determine ; on the whole, I think that they 
come nearer to C. subalaris. In the British Museum examples 
from Durban, and from Macamac in the Transvaal, are 
referable to this subspecies, while those from Deelfontein 
are undoubtedly C. chalybeus proper. 
[The sequence of plumage of this species appears to be 
coincident w r ith that of C. afer. The Intermediate Double- 
collared Sun-bird was found in the Knysna district, Zululand, 
the South-Eastern and North-Eastern Transvaal. It was 
rather scarce in the Knysna district, which is probably its 
extreme western limit, but was the commonest of the Sun- 
birds in Zululand and in the South-Eastern Transvaal. It 
seems to be more partial to forest than either C. afer or 
C. chalybeus ; but in general habits, flight, and call it exactly 
resembles them. 
The soft parts are:—Irides dark brown ; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
ClNNYRIS NEERGAARDI. (Plate III.) 
Claude Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 93 (May 1908). 
[Type, Coguno, Sept. 5.] 
F. Coguno, July, Aug., Sept. (2 , 1 £ jr., 2 $ ). 
This interesting little Sun-bird comes near C. mediocris and 
