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fully adult male (No. 168) has the under tail-coverts brilliant 

 metallic blue ; the wing of this bird measures 225 inches : 

 the other specimen, which is not quite adult, has the under 

 tail-coverts tipped with metallic green ; the wing of this bird 

 measures 2'2 inches. 



[Rare ; only two seen anywhere on the coast. — A. B. P.] 



41. Cinnyris kirki Shelley. 

 Chalcomitra kirki Reich, iii. p. 460. 



«, b. $ et imm. Takaungu, 22nd & 24th March, 1901. 



(Nos. 57, 109.) 



c. [<$ ] ad. Kikuyu Forest, 1st July, 1902. (No. 371.) 

 [Somewhat rare on the coast, mostly seen near Mombasa ; 



scarce at Nairobi. — A. B. P.] 



42. Cinnyris falkensteini Fisch. & Reich. 

 Cinnyris venustus falkensteini Reich, iii. p. 474. 

 Cinnyris falkensteini Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 325 



(1910). 



a, b. J. Nairobi, 29th May and 29th June, 1902. 

 (Nos. 240 & 335.) 



c. $. Base of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 23rd Jan., 1902. 

 (No. 222.) 



The adult male which Mr. Percival obtained at the foot 

 of Mt. Kilimanjaro has the belly and flanks very much more 

 orange-yellow than is the case with the Nairobi birds. 



[Common on Kilimanjaro and in the Kikuyu Forest. — 

 A. B. P.] 



43. Anthothreptes zambesianus Shelley. 

 Anthothreptes zambesiana Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 286. 

 a, b. [(??.] Mombasa, Sept. 1900. (No. 20.) 



c. <J . Takaungu, 24th March, 1901. (No. 59.) 



d, e. [<J ? •] Kikuyu Forest, 26th to 29th June, 1902. 

 (Nos. 342 & 346.) 



[Common on Kilimanjaro and at the edge of the Kikuyu 

 Forest. It was also fairly plentiful at Takaungu.— A. B. P.] 



44. Parus albiventer Shelley. 

 Parus albiventris Reich, iii. p. 514. 



a. <J. Nairobi, 27th June, 1902. (No. 331.) 



