636 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



87. CiNNYRIS GUTTUUALIS. 



Cinnyris gutturalis (Linn.), Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ix. 

 p. 91 (1884). 



a. ? . Kora, S. Abyssinia, 11th Feb. No. 488. 



b. ? . Roguecba, S. Abyssinia, 4th Feb. No. 499. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[We never saw a male of the Natal Scarlet-chested Sun- 

 bird.— A. E. P.] 



88. Anthothreptes orientalts. 



Anthothreptes orientalis Hartl. ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 475; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 404; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 67. 



a. S • Somadu, Somaliland, 13th Nov. No. 40. 



b. ? . Dahol, Somaliland, 15th Nov. No. 61. 



c. ? [? cJ imm.]. Tadejemulka, S. Abyssinia, 23rd Dec. 

 No. 295. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[The Eastern Violet-tailed Sun-bird was not often seen. — 

 A. E. P.] 



89. ZOSTEROPS POLIOGASTER. 



Zosterops poliogaster Heugl. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 145. 



a, b. S • Dagu Delali, S. Abyssinia, 21st Nov. Nos. 88 

 &90. 



Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dark slate-coloured. 



[The Grey-bellied White-eye was seen pretty often, gene- 

 rally haunting the very tops of Mimosa and other trees. — 

 A. E. P.] 



90. Parus leucomelas. 



Parus leucomelas Riipp. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 145. 



a. ^. Sequala, S. Abyssinia, 26th Jan. No. 398. 



b. S ' Ounji, S. Abyssinia, 19th Feb. No. 546. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs black. 



[This rare Black-and- White Tit frequents the larger trees. 

 It was not very common, and was always seen in pairs. — 

 A. E. P.] 



