i8o FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ORNITHOLOGY, VOL. I. 



178. Zosterops jacksoni, Neumann. 



Ornithologische Monatsberichte, 1899, p. 23. Mau Plateau, 

 British East Africa. 



cT, March, Molo. 



See SHARPE, Ibis, 1899, p. 638, attests validity. 



Family Nectariiiicla 1 !. 



179. Drepanorhynchus reichenowi Fischer. 



Journal fur Ornithologie, 1884, p. 56. Lake Naivasha, British 

 East Africa. 



d, d, d, d, d, d, d, 9 , 9 , March, Molo. 



d, d, d, 9 , 9 , Jan., d, d, June, Kijabe. 



d, no data. 



See SHARPE, Ibis, 1891, p. 590, color variation; id. Proceedings 

 of the Zoological Society, London, 1900, pp. 602, 603, variation; 

 OBERHOLSER, Proceedings National Museum, Washington, 1905, 

 p. 931, a generic character. 



180. Nectarinia kilimensis Shelley. 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, 1884, p. 555. Mt. 

 Kilimanjaro, German East Africa. 



d, d, 9, Oct., d, d, d, d, Nov., Nairobi. 

 d, d, d\ 9, Dec., Lucania. 

 cT, 9 , Jan., Naivasha. 

 9 , Nov., Athi River. 

 d\ June, Kijabe. 



There is great variation in the glistening areas of these males, the 



bronze varying in tone from green to purple in different individuals. 



See NEUMANN, Journal fur Ornithologie, 1900, p. 300, variation. 



181. Nectarinia tacazze (Stanl.}. 



Certhia tacazze Stanley, Salt's Travels in Abyssinia, Appendix, 

 1814, LVIII. Abyssinia. 



d\ cT, d\ cT, March, Molo. 



See SHARPE, Ibis, 1899, p. 631, color variations (Nectarinia 

 jacksoni Neumann); NEUMANN, Journal filr Ornithologie, 1906, pp. 

 257, 258, variation and subspecies. 



