474 DK. E. B. SHAEPE OK BIRDS [May 21, 



47. Tmetothtlacus tenelltjs. 



Anthus tenellus (Cab.) ; Sharpe Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 618. 



Macronyx tenellus, Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. 

 art. 10, p. 8 (1886) ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 200 (1894). 



Tmeiothylacns tenellus, Salvad. Mem. E. Acead. Sci. Torino, (2) 

 xliv. p. 557 (1894 : Lido Mountains). 



a. $ imm. Darar, Sept. 15, 1894. Iris dark brown ; bill 

 dark grey, the under mandible lighter ; feet light brown. 



Has been found in the Pare Mountains by Dr. Fischer. 



Fam. Nectaeikiid^. 



48. ClJTNTEIS OSIEIS. 



Nectarinia osiris, Finsch, Tr. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 230 (1870). 



Cinnyris osiris (Finsch) ; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 215, pi. 64. 

 fig. 1 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 140 (1884), vi. p. 245 

 (1888) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 593. 



a. S ad. Milmil, July 26, 1894. 



h, c. (S ad. Sheik Husein, Sept. 25, 1894. 



Found by Antinori on the elevated " KoUa " lands of Shoa, 

 where it seems to be common. Mr. Jackson procured it as far 

 south as Maebako's, and Mr. Lort Phillips has lately met with the 

 species on the Goolis Mountains. 



49. CiNNTEIS ALBITEKTEIS. 



Nectarinia albiventris, Strickl. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 234 

 (1869). 



Cinnyris albiventris, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. pi. 73 (1876) ; 

 Salvad. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 556 (1894: Maudera, 

 Goolis Mts.). 



a. 6 ad. The Haud, July 22, 1894. 



b, c. c? ad. Gardubbla, Aug. 15, 1894. 



d. c? ad. Shebeli, Sept. 6, 1894. Iris dark brown : breeding. 

 This species was only known to Heuglin from the Somali 

 plateau. 



50. ClITNYEIS HABESSINICA. 



Nectarinia habessinica, H. & E. ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 229 

 (1871). 



Cinnyris habessinica, Shellev, Monogr. Nect. pi. 63 (1878) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 139 (1884),: Shelley, Ibis, 

 1885, p. 406 ; Salvad. t. c. p. 556 (1894 : Goolis Mts.). 



a. cJ ad. Boholgarshan, July 15, 1894. 



b, c. (S ad. ; d. $ ad. Selou, Aug. 7, 1894. Iiia black. 



Breeding. 

 . e. 6 ad. Turf a, Aug. 21, 1894. 



/. 2 ad. Okoto, Sept. 8, 1894. Iris dark brown. 

 g. (S ad. Dada, Nov. 21, 1894. Iris brown. 



