collected in East Africa. 591 



No. 82. c?. Sotik, Oct. 6, 1889.— Irides brown. First seen 



two days ago. 

 Nos. 91, 92. c^ad. etjuv. Lumbwa, Oct. 6, 1889. 



In addition to the smaller size and greatly curved bill, 

 wliicli inclines to that of Drepanorlvynclius, the underparts 

 of N. (Eneigularis distinguish it from N. famosa. In the 

 latter there is no marked line of demarcation between the 

 colour of the throat and that of the breast, whereas in 

 N. (sneiffularis the bronzy colour of the throat is rather 

 sharply defined from the bluish-green breast and abdomen. 



I find that the single specimen collected on Kilimanjaro 

 by Consul Johnston, and named by Shelley N. famosa, is 

 identical Avith the Sotik birds. 



72. Nectarinia tacazze. 



Nectarinia tacazze (Stanley) ; Salvad. Ann. Mas. Genov. 

 (2) i. p. 138 (1884; Shoa), vi. p. 244 (1888). 

 No. 45. ? ad. Kikuyu, Aug. 5, 1889. 

 Nos. 13, 14. S ? ad. Kikuyu, Aug. 17, 1889. 

 Nos. 18, 19. S ad. Kikuyu, Aug. 23, 1889.— Feet black ; 



irides brown. 

 No. 26. ? ad. Kikuyu, Aug. 26, 1889. 



73. Nectarinia kilimensis. 



Nectarinia kilimensis, Shelley, P. Z. S, 1889, p. 365 (Kilima- 

 njaro). 



Nectarinia filiola, Hartl. J. f. O. 1890, p. 150 ; id. Abhandl. 

 nat. Ver. Bremen, p. 27 (1891). 

 Nos. 106, 107. S ad. Machako's, March 23, 1889. 

 No. 86. S ad. Sotik, Oct. 7, 1889. 



No. 241. S ad. Save, Mt. Elgon, 6000 feet.— Feet and bill 

 black; irides brown. Very common, and the most 

 plentiful of all the Sun-birds. 

 No. 62. Lake Nahuro, Masai Land, July 23, 1890. — Very 

 plentiful in the bare, treeless, open plains near Lake 

 Nahuro. Evidently attracted by a large species of 

 thistle now in flower. Feet and bill black ; irides 

 brown. 

 Dr. Hartlaub, in describing his A'^. filiola, does not give an 



