collected in East Africa, 593 



79. CiNNYRIS OSIRIS. 



Cinnyris osiris (Finscli), Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 215, 

 pi. 64. fig. 1 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 140 (1884; 

 Shoa) J Reichen. J. f. O. 1885, p. 75 (Simiu Eiver) ; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 245 (1888). 

 No. 109. J ad. Machako's, March 23, 1889. 



The specimen agrees better with Abyssinian examples o£ 

 C. osiris than with those of the southern C. mariquensis. 

 The latter is larger, with a longer bill, and seems always to 

 have more golden bronze on the throat and crown, the fore- 

 head being like the crown, whereas in C. osiris the forehead 

 is always greenish. 



80. Cinnyris mediocris. 



Cinnyris mediocris, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 365 (Kilima- 

 njaro; Useri River). 

 No. 17. S ad. Sotik, Oct. 5, 1889.— Feet black ; irides 



brown. 

 No. 43. c? ad. Kikuyu, Sept. 5, 1889. 



81. Cinnyris microrhyncha. 



Cinnyris microrhyncha, Shelley ; Fischer, Zeitschr. i. 

 p. 339 (1884; Pangani) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 139 (Zanzibar, 

 Mombasa) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 360 (Teita). 

 No. 10, Collected on the first journey to Machako's. 



82. Cinnyris cuprea. 



Cinnyris cuprea (Shaw) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 38 

 (Mundri) . 

 No. 352. c? ad. Kitosh, March 3, 1890. 



83. Cinnyris chloropygia. 



Cinnyris chloropygia (Jard.) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 38 

 (Tingasi) . 

 No. 75. S ad. Sotik, Oct. 3, 1889. — Irides brown. 



84. Cinnyris reichenowi. (Plate XII. fig. 2.) 

 Cinnyris reichenowi, Sharpe, antea, p. 444. 



Differs from C, mediocris in having the breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts sooty olive-brown, therein resembling 



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