826 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxviii. 



Helionymphu urctarniloidcs ( Richmond) . 

 Nectarinla tacuzze imlsplciidrns Neumann. 

 Pnalidopronw Jiolonw/dK tnaxi^dica Neu- 

 mann. 

 Hirundo cnilui Iveiclicnow. 

 M(icroni/.r iii(riiiilii(/ii/.iis Reichenow. 

 OrithagvK idliifninx Sharpe. 

 CrUluKjrd Mriohtln (iffiiii.^ Riclimonil. 



Tdiitrea nnnludica (Reichenow). 



('ri/plo/.iijilKi nmJiroi'ireJix dorcddirhroa 

 (Reichenow and Neuiiiaiin). 



I'dria^ thviipiii li<ir(tk;i (Jackson). 



LditiiirlKs nlili(illl Ricluiioiid. 



Nildiis (ifi'r ml I/or (Shari)e). 



I'rioinijis /■imiciiijiildris Rich month 



Zosteropx .si')i('(/i(l('iisisjlari/(il('rali!< { Reiche- 

 now). i 



The Avi'iter has to thank Dr. R. Eowdler Sharpe, of the British 

 Museum, who, at Doctor Richmoncrs request, identified a number of 

 the more obscure forms in the collection — a very acceptable service, 

 since in these cases the United States National Museum possessed little 

 or no material for comparison. 



To th(^ authorities of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 throuiih Mr. Witmer Stone, for access to the library and for the loan 

 of specimens, as well as to Mr. Glover M. Allen for the verification of 

 several important references from books not available in Washington, 

 the writer's thanks are also due. But he is under particular o])lioation 

 to Dr. Charles W. Richmond for freely placing at his disposal many 

 manuscript notes on the species of the collection, and for timely assist- 

 ance of many and various kinds too numerous to recount. 



All matter l)etween quotation marks, unless otherwise specifically 

 stated, is to be credited to Doctor Abbott, whose field notes on the 

 specimen labels have been almost invariabl}- transcribed. All measure- 

 ments are in millimeters. 



Family STRUTHIONID.E. 



STRUTHIO MASSAICUS Neumann. 



StnUbio )nagsaictis Nefmann, Journ. f. Ornith., 1S9S, ]>. 24;! ( Fkamba, British 

 East Africa). 



This recently described ostrich is represented in Doctor Abbott's 

 collection by the skin of a head and neck, which was obtained some- 

 where in East Africa, probably in the neighborhood of Mount 

 Kilimanjaro. 



Family PHALACROCORACID.E. 



PHALACROCORAX LUCIDUS LUGUBRIS ( Riippell). 



Phalacrocorax liigubris Ruppell, Syst. Ueber.^. Vog. Nord-Ost-Afr. , 1845, p. 134, 

 ph L (Shoa, Abyssinia). 



One female, from Lake Chala, near Mount Kilimanjaro, July 2, 

 1888. This example is apparently quite typical of Phalacrocorax I. 

 h/guhris, the wing measuring 315 mm., the exposed culmen 65 mm. 

 The upper breast is black mixed with white, exhibiting therefore a 



