634- Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Rcid on Birds 



82. Nectauixia pulciiella. 



Nectarinia pulchella (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 143. 



a. ? . Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 25th Nov. No. 109. 



b. ? [Jimra.]. Daira Aila, S. Abyssinia, 10th Dec. 

 No. 218. 



c,d. S- Alaga, S. Abyssinia, 24th Feb. Nos. 565, 566. 



e. ? . Owaramulka, S. Abyssinia, 7th Mar. No. 633. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Beautiful Sun-bird was observed chiefly near the 

 hills in the Hawash Valley and in the gardens near Harrar. — 

 A. E. P.] 



83. Nectarinia metallica. 



Nectarinia metallica Licht. ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 ix. p. 9 (1884). 



Hedijdipna metallica Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 404. 



Nectarinia muelleri Lorenz & Hellmayr, J. f. O. 1901, 

 p. 237 [S. Arabia]. 



a-c. S- Dabas R., Somaliland, 29th Mar. Nos. 735- 

 737. 



d-f. S ' Soraadu, Somaliland, 31st Mar.-lst April. 

 Nos. 741, 749, 750. 



g, ^ . Zaila, Somaliland, 4th April. No. 769. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[We did not see the Blue-collared Long-tailed Sun-bird 

 once during the autumn, but on our return journey through 

 Somaliland we frequently met with it after leaving the 

 mountains, generally feeding and haunting the bhor-plant 

 growing in the tugs or river-beds. It was very common at 

 Warabod and Tokosha.— A. E. P.] 



84. CiNNYRIS HABESSINICUS. 



Cinnyris habessinicus (H. &E,) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 144; 

 1901, p. 287. 



a, b. (T ? . Somadu, Somaliland, 13th Nov. Nos. 34 

 &36. 



c-e. (^ ct (^ imm. Arbawun, S. Abyssinia, 16th Dec. 

 Nos. 243-245. 



