- 220 — 



resemble the 9 very much, but, as a rule, have more or less 



bronze-green feathers on the upper parts. 



The females vary very much in the colour of the under- 



parts (vide Reichenow, op. cit.), from greyish yellow to 

 bright yellow. 



Wing, tarsus, 



53, 53, 54 mm. 15—16 mm. cfcf ad. 



50, 52, 54 mm. 15 mm. cfcf juv. 



50, 51, 52 mm. 15 mm. 99 ad. 



hides dark brown; bill and legs black. 



Cinnyris mariquensis suahelicus Rchw. — Rchw. 111. p. 479. 



Njanjoodhi . , . ki-kavirondo. — Ndabela . . . M-kamba. 



1 (5 ad. 23. 8. Kendu. 



Only one specimen was procured, at Victoria Nyanza, of this 

 otherwise fairly common bird (vide v. Someren, Ibis, 1916, 

 p. 445). 



Wing, culmen, tarsus, 



68 mm. 20 mm. 17 mm. 



Irides, bill and legs as in the preceding. 



Cinnyris mariquensis microrhynchus Shell. — Rchw. Ill, p. 481. 

 2 (5(5 ad. 27. 4., 29. 4. Mombasa. 



A fairly common bird in the coastland, frequenting the 

 bush-country. 



Zedlitz (Journ. f. Orn., 1916, p. 78) has expressed the 

 opinion that microrhynchus is a coastal-bird, but SMoZteitCMS belongs 

 to the interior regions of East Africa, which opinion is undoub- 

 tedly quite correct. I have never observed the former in the 

 interior of the country, and v. Someren mentions it only from 

 the coastal districts (Journ. E. Afr. Ug. N. H. Soc, vol. VI, 

 No. 12, 1918), while M. - P r e a d (Ibis, 1917, p. 374) has found 

 it some distance from the coast at the Tsavo River. 



Of my two specimens one is moulting, the other has assumed 

 the new, full dress. This latter specimen also reaches a rather 

 high figure for the length of the wing, but is all the same a 

 good microrhynchus, which is evident, among other things, from 

 the length of the culmen. 



Wing, culmen, tarsus, 



55, 58 mm. 15, 15 mm. 14, 14 mm. 



Irides, bill and legs as in the preceding. 



Cinnyris mediocris Shell. — Rchw. Ill, p. 490. 

 1 (5 ad. 6. 5. Londiani. — 2 (5(5 ad. 8. 5. 2 days march north of Londiani. 



This species was always found in the depths of the dense 

 forests, where it frequented the tops of high trees. 



