British-East -African Birds, 495 



Coaimoa in the neighbourhood of swamps and river-beds 

 where there is some timber, such as mimosa, in proximity to 

 the water. Breeds in April and November. 



14. Nectarinia kilimensis Shelley ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 

 p. 591. 



a, c? ad. N'gong, Masailand, Dec. 10, 1898. 



b, S ad. „ „ Dec. 10, 1898. 



c, ? ad. ,, „ 



A common bird in the hill-country where the jungle is 

 thick. 



15. CiNNYHis FALKENSTEiNi Fisclier & Rcichcn. ; Hiude, 

 t. c. p. 580. 



No. 151, S ad. Athi river, Sept. 7, 1899. 



Occasional specimens of this species may be seen wherever 

 there is low scrub in Ukambani, but it is particularly 

 fond of mimosa-trees. It is not so common as Cinnyris 

 (nquatorialis. 



[Professor Reichenow has recently (Orn. M.B. vii. 

 pp. 170, 171) given a review of the species belonging to the 

 C. venusta group. 



He points out that the true C. venusta from Senegambia 

 is distinguished by its whitish-yellow belly and by the 

 coppery gloss on the upper surface. 



The true C. affinis, from Abyssinia, has the belly clear 

 yellow, and has a green upper surface, on which, however, I 

 can detect a slight shade of bronze, and even on one or two 

 feathers a sub-terminal gloss of steel-blue. 



Prof. Reichenow says that a male from Teita agrees 

 entirely with Abyssinian specimens. I notice that on the 

 throat there is more of a coppery-green shade than there is 

 in specimens from more southern localities, where the gloss 

 tends towards steel-blue or purplish blue. 



A second race, C stierlingi, is described by Prof. Reichenow 

 from Uhehe, and is said to have the belly a little darker than 

 in typical C. affinis, with the green of the upper surface 

 somewhat blending into blue. 



Cinnyris niassce is another race, with the belly a little 

 darker than in typical C. affinis, the upper surface pure 



