220 Ant. Reiclienow und Herman Schalow: 



albo squamulato; abdomine sordide albida; subcaudalibus albidis, 

 rostro nigro ; pedibus obscuris. Lg. tot. 5,0 ; alae 2,5 ; caudae 2,0. 

 $ vix diversa. 



Hab.: Socotra. 



66. Cinnyris Heuglini. 



G. E. Shelley, Monograph of the Nectariniidae 1880 p. 241. 



$ juv. : similis N. affini, minor, rostro longiore, debiliore, magis 

 incurvo, alis brevioribus, tarsis debilioribus : uropygio pulchre aurato- 

 viridi, nee purpurascenti-chalybeo : pectore, abdomine et subcauda- 

 libus flavis : fasciculis axillaribus aurantiacis, ex parte laete sulfureis : 

 macula frontal!, ut videtur, in fundo aurato-viridi chalybea: rectri- 

 cibus coracino-nigris , delicate aurato-viridi limbatis. Long. tot. 

 circa 4"; rostro a r. vix 7'"; al. l"V"\ tars. ö^//"; cauda 1'3'". 



Hab.: Africa septentrionali-orientalis. 



67. Nectarinia Bocagii. 



G. E. Shelley, Mon. Nectarin. Parts IX and X Febr. 1879. 



Nigricans, violaceo et chalybeo-viridi nitens, tectricibus alarum 

 minimis dorso concoloribus : medianis nigris chalybeo lavatis : majo- 

 ribus remigibusque nigris: cauda nigra vix metallica: subtus niger, 

 gutture et jugulo metallice chalybeo-viridibus, plumis paucis aurato 

 nitentibus : subalaribus nigris, remigibus infra cinerascenti-brunneis : 

 rostro et pedibus nigris. 



Hab.: Angola. 



Farn. MELIPEAGIDAE. 



68. Myzomela infuscata. 



Salvadori, W. A. Forbes, Proc. Zool. Zoc. 1879 p. 263. 



[Es wird vermuthet, dass der Vogel der Aru-Inseln durch 

 dunklere Färbung von M. erythroceykala Gould constant abwiche 

 und für diesen Fall der obige Name vorgeschlagen.] 



Fam. PÄRIDAE. 



69. Parus alhiventris. 



G. Shelley, Ibis 1881 p. 116. 



General plumage blaek; median wing-coverts white; greater 

 wing-coverts and the quills edged with v^hite on their outer webs; 

 the white edges of the inner primaries and outer secondaries shaded 

 with ashy olive; primary-coverts with almost obsolete pale edges; 

 the outer tail-feathers with the greater portion of the exterior web 

 and the ends of the feathers white, the next pair having the end 

 half of the outer webs very narrowly edged with white ; centre of 

 the ehest, abdomeu, thighs, and under tail-coverts white; under- 

 wing-coverts white; inner margins of the quills cream-colour ; bill 

 black; legs slate-colour. Tot. length 7,75 inches; culm 0,4; wing 3,3; 

 tail 2,75; tars. 0,8. 



Hab.: Ugogo, East Africa. 



70. Poecile Brandtii. 



Bogdanow, Aves caucasicae, Sep p. 89; J. f. 0. 1880 

 p. 269. 



Sehr ähnlich der P. palustris, aber Schnabel dicker und stärker; 



