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specimen iu the Berlin Museum with one of Mr. Jackson's 

 birds. Emin has also procured specimens at Bukoba on the west 

 shore of Victoria Nyanza, and Dr. Stuhlmann at Kahengere 

 and at Mengo in Uganda. Sir Harry Johnston brought home 

 seven adult males and a female, including the types of this 

 species, from Kilimanjaro, and writes : " Found mostly near 

 base of mountain, very common. Rarely if ever seen above 

 5,600 feet." Mr. Hunter also procured the species on this 

 mountain in August. 



Mr. Jackson's collections contained specimens from Macha- 

 ko's in Ukamba, March ; Sotik (0° 35' S. hit., 35° 25' E. long.), 

 October, and to the north-east of Victoria Nyanza at Save on 

 Mount Elgon (1° N. kit., 34° 20' E. long.) up to 0,000 feet. 



The species has also been obtained by Mr. Scott Elliot 

 iu the valleys along the mountain range of Ruwenzori from 

 5,500 to 0,000 feet, feeding from the banana flowers. This 

 meeting of two very nearly allied species in the country 

 bordering their respective ranges is not less interesting because 

 it is of common occurrence ; but we have not always the 

 chance of determining this fact as plainly as in the case of 

 X. tacazze and N. Mlimensis, which are both found abundantly 

 in the country from Uganda to Masailand. 



Nectarinia reichenowi. 



Nectarinia reichenowi (Fischer), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 556, pi. 51 

 1885, p. 227, 1889, p. 365 Kilimanjaro ; id. B. Afr. I. No. 15 (1896). 



Drepanorhynchus reichenowi, Fischer, J. f. O. 1884, p. 56, id. Zeitschr. 

 1884, p. 338, pi. 20, fig. 2 Naiwasha ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 291 

 (1881); Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 590 Kikuyu; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch 

 O. Afr. p. 213 (1894) Kilimanjaro; Neumann, J. f. O. 1898, p. 241 

 Man. 



Adult Male. Head, neck, back and lesser wing-coverts fiery copper, 

 glossed with reflections of lilac and green ; remainder of the plumage black 

 with broad chrome yellow edges to the quills and tail-feathers. Total 



