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near Shoshong, and there is a specimen in the British Museum 

 labelled "Zambesi," but without any collector's name. 



Cinnyris osiris. 



Cinnyris osiris (Finseh), Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 215, pi. 64, fig. 1 (1876) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 44 (1884); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 

 1884, p. 140, 1888, 245 SJwa ; Reichen. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 75 Simiu 

 Ii. ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 593 Machako's; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 474 

 Somali ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 26 (1896) ; Lorfc Phillips, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 81 Somali; Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Orn. I. No. 2, p. 40 

 (1897) ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 66 Somali. 



Nectarinia mariquensis (nee Smith), Hartl. Abhandl. Bremen, 1891, p. 30. 



Cinnyris jardinei (nee Verr.) Emin, J. f. 0. 1891, p. 60 Unianiembe. 



Cinnyris suaheliea, Reichen. J. f. O. 1891, p. 161 Unianiembe ; id. Vog. 

 Deutsch 0. Afr. p. 210 (1894). 



Cinnyris mariquensis hawkeri, Neumann, Orn. Monatsb. 1899, p. 24 

 Somali. 



Cinnyris osiris suahelicus, Hartert in Ansorge's " Under Afr. Sun," App. 

 p. 350 Uganda. 



Adult male. Similar to G. mariquensis but with the forehead and crown 

 slightly more emerald green and contrasting more strongly with the 

 coppery shade of the throat. Total length 5'1 inches, culmen 0-05, wing 

 2-6, tail 2, tarsus 0-65. Gasciane, Shoa, 29. 8. 78 (Antinori). 



The Abyssinian Bifasciated Sunbird ranges over Eastern 

 Africa from Kakoma 5° S. lat. to Ailet 16° N. lat. 



Bohn procured the species as far south as Kakoma and 

 Emin collected specimens at Karague, Kassni and Taboro. 

 The specimens from the latter localities include the type of 

 0. suaheliea, Reichen. Fischer has procured the species at the 

 Simiu river, Jackson at Machako's in Ukambani in March, 

 and Mr. Ansorge at Kampala in Uganda. This species is 

 apparently not uncommon in Somaliland, for Mr. Lort Phillips 

 met with it in the Groolis Mountains, in company with G. 

 habessinicus ; Dr. Donaldson Smith collected specimens at 

 Milmil in July and at Sheik Husein in September, and Mr. 



