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1. aequatorialis Rchw. 



East Africa between Victoria Nyanza and Kilimanjaro. 



2. lamperti Rchw. 



Southern foot and regions east of Kilimanjaro. 



3. horgerti Rchw. & Neum. 



East Usambara (south of Kilimanjaro). 



4. inaestimatus Hart. 



East Africa from North-Mozambique to Mombasa. 



As horgerti (Orn. Monatsber,, 1905, p. 182) occurs in East 

 Usambara, south of Kilimanjaro, though the distribution of this 

 form is not fixed, it is quite possible that the northern boundary 

 goes into the Kilimanjaro regions. Neumann has in any case 

 specimens of inaestimata from Korogwe in Usambara, which is 

 the home of horgerti. 



According to Reichenow (Orn. Monatsber., 1905, p. 282) 

 horgerti is distinguished from guituralis (= inaestimata Reiche- 

 now) in not having the throat green but bronze yellow-red 

 glossy; forehead not pure green glossy but with a green bronze hue; 

 transverse bands on the red shield of the fore-neck not deep 

 blue but greenish blue. 



Three of the 4 cfcT shot in Mombasa are typical inaesti- 

 mata but the fourth agrees perfectly with the description of 

 horgerti. However, the latter was shot on the same day and on 

 the same spot as a typical inaestimata, whence I hesitate — in 

 spite of the small differences in the gloss of the various patches — 

 to style it inaestimata. This bird is besides in fresh, new dress, 

 while the others are in different phases of moulting, and there- 

 fore this dissimilarity is due to the different dresses and I am 

 convinced that horgerti is only an individual variation of inaesti- 

 mata and not a distinct form. 



The female specimen resembles those of aequatorialis but 

 is considerably lighter above and more greyish white below. 

 Wing, tarsus, 



71, 71, 73, 74 mm. 16—18 mm. cfcT 



65 mm. 16 mm. 9 



Irides, bill and legs as in the preceding. 



Cinnyris venustus falkensteini Fschr. & Rchw. — Rchw. III. p. 474. 



2 ,5(5 ad. 11. 4. Ngong. _ 1 (j ad. 17. 4. ; 1 ^ juv. 14. 4. Kiambu. — 



a 66 jiiv. 14. 5., 15. 5. Soy. — 1 Q ad. 11. 4. Ngong. — 1 Q ad. 



17. 4. Kiambu. — 1 Q ad. 23. 4. Lake Naiwasha. 



In the Kikuyu-country this bird was very common and at 

 Soy it also occurred in fairly large numbers, though I have no 

 ad. specimen from the latter place. 



The three d*cf juv. show a beautiful series of changes from 

 the immature to the full dress. In a very young stage they 



