from SumalUand and Southern Abyssinia. 635 



f. ^ . Hawash Bridge, S. Abyssinia, 19th Dec. No. 262. 



g-k. S • Lake El Toki, S. Abyssinia, 26th Feb.-lst Mar. 

 Nos. 581 & 596-598. 



I. ? . Dabas River, SomaUland, 29th Mar. No. 739. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[Though all the Abyssinian Splendid Sun-birds were 

 obtained either in low country or the valley of the Hawash, 

 the species probably extends to the intermediate plateau. It 

 feeds on the red parasitical growth found on Mimosas &c. 

 and on the flowers of the dar, aloe, and various creepers. — 

 A. E. P.] 



A nest of this species was discovered containing two eggs. 

 It is of the usual elegant type (cf. Ibis, 1898, p. 403). 

 The eggs are of a rather long oval shape, and are pale blue 

 finely dotted all over with faint purplish-grey and distinct 

 reddish-brown marks. Measurements: 0"72 x 0*5 inch. 



85. CiNNYRIS ALBIVENTRIS. 



Cinnj/ris albiventris (Strickl.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 474 ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 403 ; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 67. 



a. S • Las Man, SomaUland, 12th Nov. No. 28. 



b. S • Somadu, Somaliland, 13th Nov. No. 33. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[We shot the East- African Sun-bird in the jungle by the 

 river-bed. — A. E. P.] 



86. CiNNYRIS OSIRIS. 



Cinnyris osiris (Finsch) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 474; 

 Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 66. 



a. S ■ Fullfully, S. Abyssinia, 5th Dec. No. 189. 



b. ? . Lake Allan, S. Abyssinia, 3rd Feb. No. 445. 



c. S • Lake Zwai, S. Abyssinia, 5th Feb. No. 460. 

 d-h. c? et cJ imm. Jello, S. Abyssinia, 17th Feb. Nos. 



520-524. 



i. (J . Melkadegaga, S. Abyssinia, 22nd Feb. No. 555. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Abyssinian Bifasciated Sun-bird was common near 

 the hills and on the higher ground. — A. E. P.] 



