282 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie- Grant on Birds collected 



throat, and the indefinite light pattern on the outer tail- 

 feathers, in conjunction with the moulting outer primary- 

 quills, seem to indicate that the bird is in its first plumage. 

 It has the feathers of the upper parts very dark brown 

 narrowly margined with sandy brown. 



Nectarinia erythroceria Heugl. 



Cinnyris erythrocerius Shelley, ii. p. 49 (1900). 

 X Nectarinia erythrocerca Reich, iii. p. 495 (1905). 



No. 5016. a. S' North of Lake Albert Edward, 3000 ft., 

 12th Oct. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 



I have followed Dr. Reichenow in placing Heuglin's 

 Wedge- tailed Sun-bird in the genus Nectarinia. The middle 

 tail-feathers measure 2' 7 inches, while the second pair 

 measure 1'9. 



i Cinnyris igneiventris. 



Cinnyris venustus igneiventris Reich, iii. p. 475 (1905). 



No. 5067. a. S vix ad. Lake Kivu, 4900 ft., 1st Dec. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 



A large series of the Fire-bellied Sun-bird was procured 

 by the Ruwenzori Expedition. The present specimen, though 

 still lacking the full plumage on the crown, has the fiery 

 orange of the lower breast and belly very brilliaut. 



^ Cinnyris falkensteini Fischer & Reichenow. 



Cinnyris falkensteini Shelley, ii. p. 66, pi. iii. fig. 1 (1900). 



Cinnyris venustus falkensteini Reich, iii. p. 474 (1905). 



No. 5137. a. (^'vixad. North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 

 4000 ft., 5th Jan. 



Iris dark hazel; bill and feet black. 



This male of Falkenstein's Sun-bird is in nearly adult 

 dress, but still retains a few feathers of the first plumage on 

 the forehead and upper mantle, while the lower breast and 

 belly are yellow without any trace of orange. In this respect 

 it exactly resembles somewhat immature examples in the 

 British Museum from Kilimanjaro. 



