446 Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



the outskirts of forests and in the scrub. Nests were found 

 in May and again in September and October. Eggs are 

 creamy-white with a greenish tinge when fresh, with ash- 

 brown speckling round the larger end. 



Localities. Majanji, Kyetema, and Buvuma Islands, in 

 Uganda. 



Nectarinia famosa. 



(^ & ? . 4. xi. 10. 



This pair was breeding in the scrub-country. These birds 

 are intermediate between N. famosa and N. cupreo7iitens,Sind 

 resemble birds labelled by Neumann in the Tring Museum 

 with the MS. name Nectarinia famosa centralis. The bill 

 is not so curved as in the latter species. The differences in 

 coloration are so slight as to be only apparent when a series 

 of each is laid out. 



Locality. Lusasa, in Uganda. 



Nectarinia cupreonitens. 



Nectarinia famosa (Linn.) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. 

 p. 499 [part.]. 



S 1-2. 20.xi. 13; 17.xii. 13. 

 ? 1. 20.xi, 12. 



These birds are found in the scrub-country, where there is 

 an abundance of flowering plants. A nest was obtained at 

 Nakuru. It was an untidy structure, composed of grass, 

 leaves, and spiders' webs woven together, and lined with 

 vegetable-down. Two eggs completed the clutch. These 

 are pale creamy in ground-colour, with spots and streaks of 

 ash-brown and greyish. 



This was the commonest Sun-bird in the Nakuru district. 



Jjocalities. Nakuru and Londiana, in British East Africa. 



Nectarinia pulchella. 



(J. 15.xi. 10. 



This is not a common species. The male obtained is in 

 full plumage. These birds are partial to old overgrown 

 native gardens. 



Locality. Ankoli, in Uganda. 



