obtained in British East Africa. 635 



(Sotik) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-A£rikas, p. 212 (1896) ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 3 (1896). 



No. 227. c? ad. Elgeyu, 6000 feet, Aug. 10, 1896. Iris 

 brown ; bill and feet black. 



No. 279. S ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 15, 1896. 

 Plentiful. 



No. 613. c^ juv. Ravine, April 8, 1897. 



No. 815. 6 ad. Lake Naivasha, Aug. 29, 1897. 



No. 868. 6 ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, Feb. 14, 1898. 



118. CiNNYRIS VIRIDISPLENDENS. 



Cinmjris viridisplendens Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 54 

 (Bukoba) ; id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 211 (1894). 



a. ^ ad. Ntebi, March 8, 1895. 



No. 23. ? . Ntebi, Sept. 20, 1895. 



No. 168. S. Nandi, 7500 feet, July 9, 1896. Iris 

 brown ; bill and feet black. 



No. 1052. 2 ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, May 2, 1898. 



No. 1254. J ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 29, 1898. 



The least common of the Sun-birds in Nandi, although 

 many plants, such as broad beans. Cape gooseberries, besides 

 several shrubs and plants growing in beds, when in full 

 bloom, are much frequented by other Sun-birds. This bird 

 prefers to hunt about for its insect-food amongst the foliage 

 of tall trees, and particularly amongst the rough bark of 

 the larger boughs, and track spiders, &c. It resembles the 

 Tits in the latter habit. 



No. 1261. 2 ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 3, 1898. 



[Although all the specimens from Equatorial Africa have 

 green heads, they are approached in this respect by others 

 from the West Coast, and I am not convinced that C. viridi- 

 splendens is specifically distinct from C. verticalis ; but a 

 very careful re-examination of the whole series in the 

 British Museum will be necessary to settle the question. — 

 R. B. S.] 



119. ClNNYRIS CYANOLiEMA. 



Cinnyris cyanolcemus (Jard.) ; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. 

 p. 297, pi. 95. 



