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Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
166. Chalcomitra kirki. 
P. Coguno, Sept. (2); Masambeti, Nov. (1); Tambarara, 
Apl. (1). 
[This species was observed in the Inhambane, Beira, and 
Gorongoza districts of the Portuguese country, where it 
replaces the former species. In habits, call and flight it 
resembles C. amethystina. 
The soft parts are :—Irides dark brown ; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
164. Chalcomitra amethystina. 
CC. Knysna, Jan., Apl. (2) ; Plettenberg Bay, Mar. (1) ; 
2. Sibudeni, Oct., Dec., Jan. (8); Jususie, Dec. (1); Um- 
folosi Station, July (2); Ngoye forest and hills. Sept., Oct. 
(2); Tv. Woodbush, Jan., Feb., June (6) ; Turfloop, Mch. 
0); Legogot, May (2). 
[“Ncu-ncu” of Zulus. 
The sequence of plumages of the male of this species 
seems to follow that of C. gutturalis. 
The Black Sun-bird was noted from the Knysna district, 
where it was not plentiful, Natal and Zululand, and the 
Eastern and North-Eastern Transvaal. As a rule it frequents 
higher and more open country than C. gutturalis , feeding 
principally on the nectar of flowering Proteas and Aloes. In 
call and flight it resembles C. gutturalis , the females being 
indistinguishable from the females of that species unless 
observed at very close range or accompanied by males. 
The soft parts are :—Irides dark brown; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
167. Chalcomitra fusca. 
CC. Klipfontein, June, July (3) ; Anemous, June (1). 
[Since the Central Cape Colony trip this Sun-bird has 
only been found in Namaqualand, where it was not un¬ 
common, frequenting the bushes on the hill-sides and in 
the kloofs, and feeding on the nectar of flowering heaths 
and Aloes {Aloe arborescens and A. dichotoma ) ; it was not 
noticed on the sand veld within ten miles of the coast. 
The soft parts are :—Irides dark brown ; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
