620 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



(1894); Hinde, Ibis, 1898, p. 583 (Machako's) ; Hartert, 

 Nov. Zool. vii. p. 35 (1900 : Mubende) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. 

 B. ii. p. 237 (1900) ; id. Ibis, 1902, p. 110 (Lake Baringo). 



Melittophagus sharpei Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxvii 

 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 72 (1900). 



Melittophagus jmsillus cyanostictus Neum. J. £. O. 1900, 

 p. 219 (Tanga ; Urabugwe). 



No. 103. ^ ad. Ndara, Teita, April 7, 1892. 



No. 308. ? ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 20, 1896. 

 Bill black ; feet scaly brown ; iris crimson. 



286. Melittophagus pitsillus. 



Melittophagus jmsillus (P. L. S. Miill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 47, pi. i. fig. 5 (1892). 

 a. Ad. Kikuyu. 



Nos. 56, 57. c? ad. Entebbe, Oct. 4, 1895. 

 No. 1]05. cJ juv. Nandi, 6000 feet, May 15, 1898. 



287. Melittophagus variegatus. 



Melittophagus variegatus (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat, B. Brit. 

 Mus. xvii. p. 48 (1892) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-A£r. 

 p. 136 (1894: Bukoba). 



Melittophagus sonnini Boie ; Beiclien. J. f. O. 1892, p. 29 

 (Mengo ; Uliambiri) . 



a. ? ad. Entebbe, Jan. 13, 1895. Bill black; feet 

 brown ; iris crimson. 



288. Melittophagus oreobates. (Plate XVI. fig. 1.) 

 Melittophagus oreobates Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 320 (Save, 



Elgon; Kimangitschi) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 219 (Ma- 

 rangu ; Loita Mts.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 602 (Nairobe 

 Forest). 



No. 963. S imm. Nandi Forest, April 10, 1898. Bill 

 black ; feet dull slate-coloured ; iris brown. 



No. 1139. c? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, May 23, 1898. 



No. 1207. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 13, 1898. 

 Scarce. Seen in small flocks of three or four. 



289. Melittophagus albifrons. 



Melittophagus albifrons (Cab. & Heine) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 



