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CINNYRIS VENUSTUS FAZOQLENSIS (Heuelin) 



Figure 20 



Nectarinia fazoqlensis Heuglin, Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's, etc., vol. 2, 

 pt. 2, p. Ixx, 1871: South of Fazogli Mountain. 



Specimens collected : 



1 adult male, Ourso, Ethiopia, October 16, 1911 (Ouellard coll.). 

 1 adult female, Gada Bourca, Ethiopia, December 26, 1911. 



1 adult male, 1 immature male, 1 adult female, Arussi Plateau, 9,000 feet. 

 Ethiopia, February 20-21, 1912. 



2 immature males, Botola, Sidamo, Ethiopia, March 5, 1912. 



1 immature male, 1 adult female, Bodessa, Ethiopia, May 27-31, 1912. 



The range and characters of this form have already been discussed 

 and need not be repeated here. 



The immature birds are in postjuvenal molt; the adults are in worn 

 plumage. The dimensions of the latter are as follows : Males — wing, 

 54, 55; tail, 37, 37; culmen, 16, 18; tarsus, 15, 15.5. Females — wing, 

 45.5, 48, 50 tail, 31, 31.5, 32.5; culmen, 14, 15, 16; tarsus, 14, 15, 15 

 mm, respectively. 



Zedlitz ®® states that in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea this bird 

 has a greater altitudinal range than in southern Shoa, where it is 

 more restricted to the hot valleys. According to the data compiled 

 by Shelley,^^ it breeds in April and May. Blanford found fledged 

 young in July along the Eritrean-Ethiopian boundary. 



Besides the specimens collected, Mearns noted this race as follows : 

 Aletta, March 7-13, 10 seen; Bodessa, May 19-June 3, 10 birds; 

 Sagon River, June 3-6, 10 seen; Tertale, June 7, 4 noted. 



CINNYRIS VENUSTUS FALKENSTEINI Fischer and Reichenow 



Figure 20 



Cinnyris falkcnsteini Fischer and Reichenow, Journ. fiir Orn., 1884, p. 56: 



Lake Naivasha. 

 Specimens collected: 1 male, 2 females. Tana River, Kenya Colony, August 



17-18, 1912. 



All three specimens are in fairly fresh plumage. The male has the 

 following dimensions: Wing, 55.5; tail, 38; culmen, 16.5; tarsus, 15 

 mm. The two females : Wing, 46, 50 ; tail, 30, 33 ; culmen, 15, 16.5 ; 

 tarsus, 15, 15.5 mm. 



This bird is very common in Kenya Colony and in Tanganyika 

 Territory. Bowen ^^ found a recently finished nest on July 10, along 

 the Southern Guaso Nyiro River, Kenya Colony. 



Besides these 3 specimens collected, Mearns noted about 75 others 

 along the Tana River, August 15-23. 



"'■ Journ. fiir Orn., 1911, pp. 58-59. 



"The birds of Africa, vol. 2, pp. 64-66, 1900. 



"" Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelpliia, 1931, p. 70. 



