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2. Cinnyris hawkeri Neum. 



117. <?. Burao, Feb. 20, 1904. 



The red tips to the blue feathers of the lower part of the 

 pectoral band are bleached to a greyish colour. 



3. Chalcomitra hunteri (Shelley). 

 46. S • Bera, May 9, 1903. 



57. <J • Bera, May 4, 1903. 



100. <J. Eil Dab, Feb. 15, 1901. 



In No. 100 the colour of the gorget has changed from crim- 

 son to orange, and the other metallic colours have altered, 

 probably owing to the carbolic powder which was sprinkled 

 among the birds in the box in which they were packed. 



4. Anthothreptes orientalis Hartl. 

 22. S ■ Dibbit, March 14, 1903. 



5. Parus thruppi Shelley. 



141. S • Auseneh, Wasangali Country, April 1, 1904. 



6. Parisoma boehmi Reichen. 



107. £ . Eil Dab, December 20, 1903. 

 " Iris hazel. Good songster. The song is loud, but short 

 and scrappy like that of a Sedge-Warbler." — A. E. H. 



7. Anthus sordidus Riipp. 



144. ? . Auseneh, Wasangali, April 1, 1904. 



8. Anthus campestris (Linn.). 



143. <J. Auseneh, Wasangali, April 1, 1904. 



9. Mirafra gilletti Sharpe. 

 Unnumbered. £ . Bera, May 4, 1903. 

 109. <J. Eil Dab, Dec. 30, 1904 [1903]. 

 111. ? . Eil Dab, Dec. 30, 1903. 



The unnumbered specimen from Bera is rather small for a 

 male, and is paler on the back and less striated on the upper 

 breast and throat than the others. It is in rather worn 

 plumage, which may account for its pale colouring. 



10. Mirafra collaris Sharpe (Bull. B.O.C. vol. v p. xxiv). 

 27. <?. Dibbit ; no date, but probably March 1903. 



115. $. Olesan, Feb. 16, 1904. 



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