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into the cup, or sometimes standing below it or hovering momentarily before it. 
Buttikofer mentions nests with eggs, usually two or three in number, in the 
middle of November. 
Cinnyris kruensis Bannerman 
Cinnyris kruensis Bannerman, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 29, p. 23, 1911: Kru Coast of Liberia. 
Allied to C. batest of the Cameroons, but smaller, with shorter bill, and yellowish underparts; 
tail olive brown washed with green, instead of dark brown; length 94 mm. (3.75 inches). 
This recently described species is based on a pair of adults taken at Nana 
Kru and Sekondi by Lowe. We did not identify it. 
Chalcomitra fuliginosa (Shaw) 
Certhia fuliginosa Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. 8, pt. 1, p. 222, 1811: Malimba, French Congo. 
Length about 5 inches; chocolate brown, darker below; forehead reflecting violet blue, the 
throat violet red; upper tail-coverts coppery; a tuft of yellow feathers on each side of breast. 
Female paler brown, without the prismatic reflections or the breast tufts. Senegambia to Congo. 
This seems to be one of the less common species, and although a few were 
taken by Bittikofer near Monrovia and at Robertport, Schieffelinsville, and 
on the Junk River, and by Lowe on the south coast at Nana Kru and Subono 
in January and February and March, we did not see it. The former writer 
speaks of seeing it visit a flowering silk-cotton tree, and it may possibly vary in 
abundance locally with the flowering of various forest trees. Such a habit 
together with its seeking the flowers of tall trees would render it hard to secure. 
Chalcomitra adelberti adelberti (Gervais) 
Cinnyris adelberti Gervais, Mag. de Zool., vol. 3, pl. 19, 1884: Senegal, Tinan. 
Length 4.5 inches; crown and stripe on side of throat shining coppery green; throat and rest 
of upper side black, wings and back washed with reddish; throat yellowish brown bordered by a 
black band; belly reddish brown. Female brown above tinged with olive; below pale yellowish 
streaked with brown. Senegambia to Gold Coast. 
This is apparently another uncommon species, which may vary seasonally 
in its abundance. Stampfli collected it on the Junk River in manioc farms and 
at Mt. Olive and Schieffelinsville, while Lowe obtained it in the early part of the 
year (the dry season) on the south coast at Nana Kru. 
Cyanomitra obscura guineensis Bannerman. Olive-green Sunbird 
Cyanomitra obscura guineensis Bannerman, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, vol. 41, p. 135, 1921: Nana 
Kru, Liberia. 
Length about 4.5 inches; olive green above in both sexes, below greenish washed with yellow, 
the male with a small tuft of bright yellow feathers on each side of breast. Edges of mandibles at 
base yellow to orange. Sierra Leone and Liberia. 
The dull olive-green dress of this species, and the essential similarity in color 
of both sexes indicate that this is a rather primitive type of sunbird with rela- 
tively unspecialized plumage. It is one of the commonest species, inhabiting 
low bushy growth as well as the high flowering trees. We obtained specimens 
