374 Lieut. C. W. Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



Chalcomitra hunteri. 



Cinnyris hunteri Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, pi. xli. fig. 2 

 [Useri River]. 



Chalcomitra hunteri Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 1905, p. 462. 



2S' Tsavo River. 10th August. Wing 70, 70mm. 



2c?imm. „ 13th & 15th August. „ 68,67 mm. 

 ? . „ 15th August. „ 64 mm. 



? . Thika. 27th August. „ 66 mm. 



Iris dark ; bill and legs black. 



Hunter's Sunbird was very common on the Tsavo. I 

 cannot positively identify the Thika bird ; but it was with a 

 red-throated male, and it is not C. gutturalis, as its primary- 

 coverts have no white. 



Chalcomitra kirki. 



Cinnyris kirki Shelley, Monog. Nectar. 1876, p. 273, 

 pi. 85 [Zambesi]. 



Chalcomitra kirki Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 1905, p. 460. 

 J . Ithanga Hills. 4th October. Wing 65 mm. 

 Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



Cinnyris venustus falkensteini. 



Cinnyris falkensteini Fischer & Reichw. J. f. O. 1884, p. 56 

 [Masai]. 



Cinnyris venustus falkensteini Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 1905, 

 p. 464. 



^ . Thika. 5th September. Wing 55 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



Cinnyris mariquensis microrhynchus. 



Cinnyris microrhynchus Shelley, Monogr. Nectar. 1876, 

 p. 219, pi. 67 [Zanzibar]. 



Cinnyris mariquensis microrhynchus Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 

 1905, p. 481. 



S . Tsavo River. 23rd July. Wing 55 mm. 



(J. „ 15th August. „ 54 mm. 



Iris hazel ; bill and legs black. 



