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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
168. Chalcomitra verreauxi. 
N. Illovo, Nov. (2). 
[Verreaux's Sun-bird was noted from Natal only. The 
pair obtained were shot at the edge of a patch of coast bush. 
The soft parts are :—I rides dark brown ; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
Chalcomitra verreauxi fischeri. 
Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 453. [Type from Mozam¬ 
bique.] 
F. Coguno, Sept. (2). 
This subspecies can be distinguished by its slightly paler 
colour below, and by its shorter bill, averaging 20*21 against 
24*25 mm. in the typical form. It is a barely separable 
subspecies. 
169. Chalcomitra olivacea. 
N. Illovo, Nov. (7) ; Z. Sibudeni, Jan., Oct. (5) ; 
Hluhluwe stream, Aug. (1). 
Some of the specimens from Illovo possess an admixture 
of orange-red in the pectoral tufts, the differentiating 
character of C. olivacea daviesi, recently described by 
Haagner from Pondoland. I think it is doubtful if that 
subspecies can be maintained. 
[Both sexes are found with cinnamon-coloured tips to 
some of the throat and upper breast-feathers. This may 
be due to great age, but cannot at present be proved. 
The Olive Sun-bird was only found in Natal and Zululand, 
where it was plentiful, frequenting the edges of the coast 
bush, and in the latter locality occurring both on the open 
hill-sides among the Proteas and aloes and in the forests. It 
has an ordinary Sun-bird call and is usually found in pairs. 
The soft parts are :—Irides dark brown ; bill, legs and 
toes black.] 
170. Anthobaphes violacea. 
CO. Table Mt. slopes, Jan., Feb. (2); Plettenberg Bay, 
Feb., Mch. (13). 
[“ Zuiker-bekkie ” or ee Zuiker-vogel 99 of Colonists. 
Found only in the Cape Peninsula and the Knysna, 
