496 Dr. S. L. Hiudc on 



fi^roen, and tliu wings somewhat shorter and l)ill percc})tibly 

 longer. 1 have males before me from Nyasaland, and tind 

 that the ditiercnee in the length o£ the bill is intinitesimal, but 

 the l)elly is deeidedly of a deeper yellow than in true C. affinis, 

 while the throat does not show the green of that species ; 

 there is also much more purple on the forehead in the Nyasa- 

 land bird. This race seems to have a much darker and more 

 olive- coloured female. 



Cinnyris angolensis is another race described by Prof. 

 Rcichenow from Angola, in which the belly is said to be a 

 little darker than in C. affinis, with the upper surface pure 

 green and with shorter wings and tail. 



Cinnyris cyanescens is described by Prof, llcichenow as 

 a new species from Zanzibar and Mpapwa. The belly is 

 yellow, the upper surface with a blue-green gloss, the edges 

 of the feathers in part iucliniug to violet-blue. A specimen 

 in the Jackson collection from Ukambani appears to belong 

 to this race, which is with difficulty to be separated from 

 some of the Nyasaland specimens (C. niassce), but the bill 

 is decidedly smaller. How does C. cyanescens differ from 

 C. stierlinf/i? 



C.falkensteini has the middle of the belly orange-yellow 

 and the pectoral tufts orange-red, the upper surface glossed 

 with bluish green, but in general effect not so blue as in 

 C. cyanescens. The habitat is given as Naivasha, Loita, 

 Kilimanjaro, and Sotik. 



Lastly, Prof. Reichenow describes a new species from 

 Karagwe as C. igneiveritris, with the upper surface as in 

 C. falkensteini, but with the middle of the belly orange-red 

 and the pectoral tufts scarlet. I am unable to judge of the 

 specific value of this last race, as I have no specimens from 

 Karagwe before me. Of C. falkensteini 1 have examined 

 adult males from Kilimanjaro, Machako's, Athi river, Lake 

 Naivasha, Elgon, Sotik, and Nandi. There are con- 

 siderable differences : some specimens from Kilimanjaro have 

 the belly entirely yellow, and are scarcely distinguishable 

 from C. niassce, while other specimens have deep orange 

 abdomens. The green or blue gloss of the upper surface varies 



