obtained in British East Africa. ^319 



Ost-Afr. p. 138 (1894) ; Hartert, Ansorge's African Sun, 

 p. 337 (1899 : Samburu). 



Rhinopomastus schalowi Neum. J. f. O. 1899, p. 221 ; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1902, p. 110. 



Nos. 486, 487. S ? ad. Ravine, Feb. 26, 1897. Bill 

 dark brownish black ; feet black ; iris brown. This is a 

 scarce bird ; on one other occasion only have I seen it. 

 The pair were found in open bush country, and later all the 

 Irrisors were never long in the same tree or bush, but kept 

 flying from one to another. 



Nos. 548, 549. $ ? ad. Ravine, March 21, 1897. 

 Up to the present I have always seen these birds in pairs, 

 creeping about in thick foliage, and clinging in all sorts of 

 positions to the trunks of dead trees, looking for beetles, 

 spiders, and other insects. I have not heard them call, like 

 the large Irrisor jackso7ii. 



[The characters given by Mr. Oscar Neumann hold good 

 in the case of Mr. Jackson^s series, but the Nyasaland 

 birds are also apparently R. schalowi. Birds from Manda 

 Island {Jackson) and Doruma {Hunter) appear to be true 

 R. cijanomelas, while some of the Mashona specimens are 

 slightly intermediate. — R. B. S.] 



284. Rhinopomastus cabanisi. 



Rhinopomastus cabanisi (De Fil.) ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xvi. p. 26 (1892) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 319 (Butz- 

 suma) j Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 138 (1894: 

 Taweta; Ugogo; Wembere Steppes) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1900, 

 p. 223 (Kibaya). 



a. Ad. Kikuyu. 



b. Imm. Kinani, Sept. 1894. 



No. 267. S ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 15, 1896. 

 Bill orange-red, tip dull black ; feet black ; iris brown. 

 Only one seen. 



285. Melittophagus cyanostictus. 



Melittophagus cyanostictus Cab, ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xvii. p. 48, pi. i. fig. 3 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 319 

 (Mount Elgon) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 136 



