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V. Someren (Nev. Zool., XXV, 1918, p. 287) calls allied 

 forms from West-Elgon reichenowi, and therefore, on the auth- 

 ority of g. - G r a n t , I call my specimens from East-Elgon 

 by the same name. 



The 7 cf-specimens brought home can be divided into two 

 groups : 



1. with dark, uniform olive-brown under parts (5 indiv.) 



2. with lighter olive-green underparts which are paler towards 

 the sides (2 indiv.). 



The latter are, however, younger specimens, which have not 

 yet attained the full nuptial plumage, and the red patch of the 

 breast is also much narrower and somewhat paler. Among the 

 specimens with fully grown nuptial dress there are two with the under 

 tail coverts tipped with red (or dark orange-coloured), the others 

 have them of the same uniform colour as the undertail-coverts 



The 

 Reichenow (op. cit.) has given of a 9 of preussi. 



Irides, bill and legs as in the preceding. 



M e a r n s has also described a form belonging to this 

 circle: C. r. Jcikuyuensis (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 48, 1915, 

 p. 388), which should be "smaller than C. r. reichenowi and 

 more greyish, less ochraceous, on the upper parts posterior to 

 the red pectoral collar". He gives the wing as 52 mm., culmen 

 13 mm., tarsus 15 mm. 



Nectarinia erythrocerca (Heugl.) Hartl. — Rchw. Ill, p. 495. 



Nectarinia erythrocerca (Heugl.). Sclater & M.-Praed: Ibis, 1918, p. 617. 

 7 (5(5 ad. 18. 8.-19. 8; 2 Q§ ad. 19. 8.; 1 Q juv. 19. 8. Kisumu. 



This Sunbird was the commonest species in the scrub round 

 Kisumu (vide v. Someren: Ibis, 1916, p. 447) and occurred 

 in great abundance right down at the shores of Lake Victoria 

 Nyanza, where it nested in the low bushes. I frequently found 

 the nests right in the middle of those of the Weaving birds on 

 the tip of some branch. From a nest, at which 1 shot both 

 male and female, I took the more than half-grown young bird 

 (19. 8), which is dark olive-green above and bright yellow below. 

 The throat is greyish black. 



