collected in North Nyasaland. 523 



As will be seen by Capt. Shelley's carefully prepared list, 

 excellent results were obtained in the Class of Birds. The 

 collection brought back consists of 315 specimens belonging 

 to 155 species, 45 of which are now recorded for the first time 

 from Nyasaland, and 4 are described as new to science. 



With regard to the extension of our knowledge of the 

 geographical distribution of the Nyasan avifauna afforded 

 by this collection, the following summary will show the 

 results : — The local forms are fourteen ; sixteen species here 

 attain their northern limit in Eastern Africa, twenty their 

 southern limit, and seven their eastern limit. It will be 

 obvious, therefore, that the expedition has added largely to 

 our knowledge of the Nyasan avifauna. — P. L. S. 



11. List of the Birds. (By Captain G. E. Shelley.) 



1. Nectarinia cupreonitens. 



Nectarinia cupreonitens, Shelley ; id. B. Afr. i. p. 2, 

 no. 8. 



Nectarinia famosa (nee Linn.), Reichen. Vog. Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afr. p. 213. 



Nectarinia subfamosa, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, 

 p. 138. 



Nectarinia aneiffularis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, pp. 444, 590. 



Nyika Plateau and the Masuku Range, between 6000 and 

 7000 feet, June and July. The three adult males are all in 

 full plumage. They belong to a small mountain- form of 

 N. famosa, Linn., which ranges over Eastern Africa from 

 Nyasaland to Abyssinia. Birds of this species in full 

 plumage measure 8 inches in total length, while N. famosa 

 measures 105 ; but the best distinguishing character is in 

 the bill, which is much more curved and slightly shorter 

 than in N. famosa. 



2. Nectarinia kilimensis. 



Nectarinia kilimensis, Shelley; id. B. Afr. i. p. 2, no. 14; 

 Reichen. Yog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 212. 



Nectarinia filiola, Hartl. J. f . O. 1890, p. 150. 

 Nectarinia gadowi, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1892, p. 25G. 



