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dark horn-coloured^ lower lighter at base ; legs light horn« 
coloured. 
b (in summer plumage). Iris brown; bill and legs horn- 
coloured. 
[I only noticed one Red-throated Pipit south of Khartum. 
— R. M. H.] 
35. Nectarinia pulchella. 
Nectarinia pulchella (Linn.) ; Witherby, p. 243 ; Grant & 
Reid, p. 634. 
a. ? ? . Kaka, 17th April. No. 378. 
b-l (^ ? et imm. Renk, 9th May. Nos. 449-458. 
m,n. S' Goz-Abu-Gumar, 17tli May. Nos. 497 & 499. 
^ . Iris hazel ; bill and legs black. 
$ . Iris hazel ; bill dusky^ lighter towards base. 
The series collected shews the male in every stage of 
plumage_, from quite young to fully adult. 
[I found the males of the Beautiful Sunbird in flocks 
where the Mimosa was flowering. The females were rather 
rare. I never noticed the species north of Goz-Abu-Gumar. 
— R. M. H.] 
36. Nectarinia metallica. 
Nectarinia metallica Licht. ; Witherby, p. 242 ; Grant & 
Reid, p. 634; N. 0. Roths. & WoUast. p. 4. 
a-c. ^ ad. et imm. Jebel Auli^ 4th Feb. Nos. 37-39. 
d. ? . Goz-Abu-Gumar, 17th May. No. 490. 
(^ . Iris light brown ; bill and legs black. 
$ . Iris hazel ; bill black, ligKt at base of lower mandible ; 
legs and feet black. 
[I never saw the Blue-collared Long- tailed Sunbird south 
of Jebel Auli.—R. M. H.] 
37. ^GITHALUS PUNCTIFRONS. 
jEgithalus punciifrons Sundev. CEfvers. Yet.-Akad. 1850, 
p. 129; Witherby, p. 243 ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 5. 
a. S • Jebel Ahmed-Agha, 19th Feb. No. 63. 
b. ? . Goz-Abu-Gumar, 17th May. No. 491. 
Iris light hazel ; bill dusky ; legs and feet bluish ash. 
[We did not find the Nubian Penduline Titmouse common. 
It seems to have the habits of an Acanthiza. — R. M. H.] 
