434 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



Family MEEOPiDi;. 



Melittophagus oreobates Sharpe. 



Melittophagus oreobates Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 320 [Mt. Elgon]; Reich. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 303 

 (1902J ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 518 [Ruwenzori]. 



a. 2. Luimi Valley, N.E. Ruwenzori, 5000 ft., 29th Sept. [No. 3619. 

 It. B. JT.] 



b. 6 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 29th Dec. [No. 1070. D. C] 



c. d. 2 et d vix ad. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-7000 ft., 5th & 9th Jan. 

 [Nos. 79. R.E.I).; 1101. 1). C] d 



e,f. 2 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-7000 ft., 8th & 10th Feb. [Nos. 2149. 

 2156. G. L.] 



Iris crimson or dark red ; bill black ; feet brown, olive-brown, or grey. 



Two eggs were taken by Mr. Gerald Legge from a nest in a hole in a bank in the 

 Mubuku Valley on the 16th of February and the female bird (No. 2156) was shot off 

 the nest. They are of the usual rounded oval type, very glossy, and pure white. They 

 measure - 9X'75, - 9X'76 inch. 



[A few Cinnamon-breasted Bee-eaters were seen along the lower slopes of E. Ruwen- 

 zori and were occasionally met with up to an altitude of 8000 ft. They were not 

 very plentiful.— R. B. IF.] 



Melittophagus meridionalis Sharpe. 



Melittophagus meridionalis Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xvii. p. 45, pi. i. fig. 4 (1892) ; Reich. 

 Vog. Afr. ii. p. 307 (1902) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 518 [Toro]. 



a, b. 6 . 80-100 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500-4100 ft., 1st & 4th Dec. [Nos. 1020, 

 1033. I). C] 



c. 2 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5000 ft., 14th Mar. [No. 2195. G. L.~] 



d. Ad. „ „ „ 4th April. [No. 228. E. E. J).] 



e-l. 6 2 et 2 iram. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 2nd-18th May. [Nos. 

 it. a. 



2363, 2364, 2366. G. L. ; 3306, 3307, 3308, 3360.— R. R. IF.] 



m-q. d 2. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 2nd-14th June. [Nos 414, 418, 



430. R. E. I). ; 2399, 2400. G. L.] 



Adult. Iris dark red or crimson ; bill black ; feet dark grey, brown, or black. 



Immature. Iris brown ; bill black ; feet brown or grey. 



[This Bee-eater was seen near Entebbe and was plentiful around Ruwenzori, but was 

 never met with above an altitude of 6000 ft. It was very numerous at the south end 

 of the range. — R. B. IF.] 



