Birds from Southern Abijssinia. 593 



rough scaling on the tarsus and other characters, in which 

 case the male must assume an eclipse^plumage. 



The series in the B.M. collection includes a male from 

 Undul, N. Abyssinia, shot on the 19th of February by 

 Blanford, and two males collected in God-jam on the 22nd 

 of April by Mr. E. Degen; all these birds are changing into 

 adult plumage, and are in a rather more advanced stage 

 than those collected by Zaphiro. Again, there is a male 

 from Lake Tsana obtained on the 19th of May by Degen 

 which is not further advanced than those obtained by him 

 a month earlier, this may possibly indicate that individuals 

 from more northern parts of this bird^s range assume their 

 breeding- [)lumage rather later than those met with further 

 south. Of course it still requires to be proven that the 

 changing birds are not immature. Among the series ob- 

 tained by Zaphiro in May some individuals are unquestion- 

 ably young males beginning to assume their first adult 

 plumage, but these are readily recognised by the smooth 

 scaling of their tarsi and their shorter and more slender bills. 



107. CiNNYRIS CRUENTATUS. 



Chalconiifra cruentala Riipp. ; Shelley, ii. p. 100 (1900). 



Cinnyris senegalensis scioanus Neumann, J. f. O. 190G, 

 p. 2.52. 



The Abyssinian Scarlet-breasted Sunbird was procured at 

 the Didessa River, and in Jimma, KafFa, Konta, Konso, 

 Game, Baroda, Walarao, Kambata, and near Lake Zwai. 

 The series clearly proves that C. s. scioanus is synonymous 

 with C. cruentatus. The supposed greater length of the 

 Aving in C. s. scioamis (72-77 mm.) is not borne out by the 

 specimens, many north Abyssinian birds having a wing of 

 73-74 mm. 



108. Cinnyris ragazzii. 



Cinnyris obscurus ragazzii Salvad.; Neumann, J. f. 0. 190G, 

 p. 249. 



Cinnyris ragazzii Ogilvie-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. 

 p. 321 (1910). 



Rasazzi's Olive Sunbird was met with on the Urguessa 



