Cryptospiza shelleyi Sharpe : Gyldenstolpe, Bull. Brit. Ornith., Club, vol. XIII, 29th. November 1902, p. 21. - female.Cryptospiza shelleyi Sharpe : Gyldenstolpe, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, vol. XLIII, 5th. March 1923, p. 99. - male.
= Cryptospiza shelleyi Shelley, 1902
Allotype ? : Male ad., Mount Karissimbi, Birunga Volcanoes, 3400 m. 25. III. 1921. N. Gyldenstolpe leg. No. 646. - Measurements of type : wing : 64 mm.; tail : 48 mm.; culmen : 12,5 mm.; tarsus : 20 mm.Click on the picture for enlargement.
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