obtained in British East Africa. 91 



feet very dark horn-blue. Rare. Lost another specimen 

 in dense undergrowth. 



Nos. 863, 864. ? S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, Feb. 14, 1898. 

 ? . Iris dark brown, with fine silver inner ring next to pupil, 

 lower eyelid dull dark brown ; shield coral-red. ($ . Lower 

 eyelid brown with yellow wrinkles, shield bright coral-red. 

 These birds are generally found in pairs or small family- 

 parties of from three to five in number. 



Nos. 974, 975. S ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 12, 1898. 



No. 976. c? juv. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 12, 1898. Iris 

 dark crimson brownish, eye-shield coral-red, lower half 

 brown; bill dull black ; feet slate-colour. 



[The male of this species differs from the male of P. peltata 

 in being altogether blacker above, and not greyish on the 

 back as is the latter. The female of P. jacksoni is blue- 

 black on the head and throat, whereas that of P. peltata has 

 a bottle-green shade. — R. B. S.] 



242. Cryptolopha mackenziana. (Plate III. fig. 1.) 

 Cryptolopha mackenziana Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 153 



(Kikuyu, Mount Elgon) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 70 (1896) ; 

 Neumann, J. f. O. 1900, p. 300. 



Camaroptera dorcadichroa Reichen. & Neum. Orn. MB. 

 1895, p. 73. 



a. S ad. Mau, 8700 feet, Oct. 30, 1895. Bill dusky, 

 lower mandible pale flesh-colour ; feet horn-blue; iris brown. 



[This synonymy is derived from Mr. Oscar Neumann^s 

 paper, but the Kilimanjaro bird seems to me to have more 

 yellow in the centre of the breast, and I think that it is 

 quite possible that Cryptolopha dorcadichroa is distinct from 

 C. mackenziana. — R. B. S.] 



243. Chloropeta massaica. 



Chloropeta massaica Fischer & Reichen. ; Reichen. Vog, 

 deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 149 (1894) (Kilimanjaro) ; Shelley, B. 

 Africa, i. p. 96 (1896) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1898, p. 139 (Witu) ; 

 Ogilvie Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 174 (Konduro). 



No. 1025. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 22, 1898. 

 Iris brown ; bill brown, lower mandible pinky horn ; feet 



