collected in Uijanda and British East Africa. 447 



Nectarinia melanogastra. 



S 1-3. 14.vi. 12; 10.vi.l2; 12.vi. 12. 



?. 10.vi.l2. 



Next to N. erythrocerca this was the commonest species 

 in the scrub round Kisumu. The males are very pug- 

 nacious during the breeding-season. A breeding pair was 

 shot at their nest. The nest was of the usual type, small 

 and compact, composed of cobwebs, grass, and leaves and 

 bits of bark ; the inside lined with vegetable-down. The 

 eggs are small and dai'k, having a graduated ground-colour, 

 pale whitish at the apex, gradually darkening towards the 

 larger end to brownish, the wkole spotted and streaked with 

 dark brown. 



Localities. Kisumu and Kano, in British East Africa. 



Nectarinia kilimensis. 



c? 1-6. 15.viii,09; 5. xi. 10 ; 16.ix.09; 8. xi, 14 ; 

 14.xi. 10; 7. viii.09. 



? 1-3. 14.xi.l0; 22.vi. 12; 8. xi. 14. 



A common species, frequenting native gardens and the 

 wild scrub-country. They were found nesting in June and 

 November. The nest is usually attached to the end of some 

 free-swinging twig about six to ten feet from the ground, 

 and is made of grass, fibres, lichen, and bits of bark, bound 

 together with cobwebs, the interior lined with down. The 

 female bird does most of the nest-construction. The eggs 

 are pale creamy or bluish, thickly or sparingly spotted and 

 streaked with ash-brown. 



Localities. Kyetema aiid Bwezu, in Uganda ; Nairobi, in 

 British East Africa. 



Nectarinia erythrocerca. 



(? 1-9. 13.vii. 12; IS.vii. 12; l.xii. 10; 17.vii.07; 

 8.vii. 12; 5.vii.09; 7.vii.l2. 



? 1-3. 13. vii. 12; 2.vii.l2; 5.vii.09. 



This is a common species in the scrub and acacia country 

 in Uganda and round Kisumu. The males have a short 

 sweet song. Breeding birds, with their nests and eggs, were 



