Mr. Axel W. Eriksson, well known as in former years the companion of the late Charles John Andersson, and as an explorer of Dama-raland and the adjacent regions, has recently extended his travels to the Cunene river and to the Portuguese Province of Mossamedes. Ill-health and the disturbed condition of parts of the country which he traversed much interfered with his collecting efforts; but he succeeded in procuring a good many bird-skins, and, on a late flying visit to Cape Town, with his wonted liberality presented a set of them to the South-African Museum. In Damara-land he secured several examples of the rare Chetops pycnopygius (Sclat.); but most of his specimens were obtained from Biballa and Shella in Mossamedes. These included Caprimulgus fossii, Verr., Corythaix livingstonii, G. R. Gray, Chlorocichla occidentalis, Sharpe, Phyllostrephus fulviventris, Cab., and other species of interest; and among them was a Cinnyris which appears to be new, and which I propose to name in honour of its discoverer, who has for so many years rendered good service to African ornithology