NECTARINIA PULCHELLA. 23 



Very similar in plumage to N. famosa, but with the pectoral tufts 

 scarlet and the tail longer, in full pluuiaged males. Total length 106 

 inches, culmen 1-25, wing 3-3, tail 6-6, tarsus 0-7. Kilimanjaro (Johnston). 



The Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird inhabits the moun- 

 tains of Kilimanjaro and Kenia. In the former locality Sir 

 Harry Johnston discovered the type at an elevation of 11,000 

 feet, and remarks : " Very abundant. Not seen lower than 

 5,000 or 6,000 feet, but reaches higher up the mountain than 

 any other bird with the exception of Gorvultur albicoUis and 

 Pinarochroa hypospadia. Found very much round a curious 

 teazle-like lobelia {Lobelia decheni). Also at lower levels it 

 affects the tall aloe flower-shoots." 



Specimens have since been procured on Mount Kenia, 

 which lies to the north of Masailand, by Count Teleki during 

 his expedition to Lake Rudolph, and by Mr. Gregory, whose 

 specimens, two adult males and a young bird, collected at an 

 elevation of 14,000 feet, are now in the British Museum. 



Nectarinia pulchella. 



Nectarinia pulchella, Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche, &c., p. 14 (1875) 



Senegambia; id. Bull. S. Z. France, 1877, p. 451; Shelley, Mou. 



Nect. p. 9, pi. 4 (1878) ; Hartl. Abhandh. Nat. Ver. Brem. 1881, 



p. 107 Kiri ; Pelz. Verh. Wien. xxxi. p. 609 (1881) ; xxxii. p. 501 



(1882) Lado; Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 547 Niger; Gadow, Cat. B. M. 



ix. p. 7 (1884) ; Sharpe, Linn. Soc. Journ. Zool. xvii. p. 427 (1884) 



Nyamnyam ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 1884, p. 137 ; 1888, p. 244 



Shoa; Hartert, J. f. O. 1886, p. 579 Niger; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, 



p. 38 Lado; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 592 Lake Baring o ; Bendall, 



Ibis, 1892, p. 219 Gambia; Shelley, B. Air. I. No. 10 (1896). 



Adult Male. Metallic green, with the wings and tail black. Centre of 



the chest bright scarlet with some yellow at the sides. Total length 6-5 



inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2'2, tail 4, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult Female. Above, ashy brown slightly shaded with olive; a partial 

 buff eyebrow ; tail blackish with white ends to the feathers. Beneath, buff. 

 Total length 4 inches, culmen 06, wing 2*1, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-6. 



Young Male. Similar in plumage to the female, excepting that the 

 throat is dusky black, on which part the metallic colours first appear. 



