obtained in British East Africa. 619 
Ost-Afr. p. 138 (1894) ; Hartert, Ansorge's African Sun, 
p. 337 (1899 : Samburu). 
RMnopomastus schalowi Neum. J. f. O. 1899^ p. 221 ; 
Sharpe, Ibis, 1902, p. 110. 
Nos. 486, 487. c? ? ad. Eavine, Feb. 26, 1897. Bill 
dark brownish black ; feet black ; iris brown. This is a 
scarce bird ; on one other occasion only have I seen it. 
The pair were found in open bush country, and later all the 
Irrisors were never long in the same tree or bush, but kept 
flying from one to another. 
Nos. 548, 549. c? ? ad. Ravine, March 21, 1897. 
Up to the present I have always seen these birds in pairs, 
creeping about in thick foliage, and clinging in all sorts of 
positions to the trunks of dead trees, looking for beetles, 
spiders, and other insects. I have not heard them call, like 
the large Irrisor jacksoni. 
[The characters given by Mr. Oscar Neumann hold good 
in the case of Mr. Jackson^s series, but the Nyasaland 
birds are also apparently R. schalowi. Birds from Manda 
Island [Jackson) and Doruma (Hunter) appear to be true 
R. cyanomelas, while some of the Mashona specimens are 
slightly intermediate. — R. B. S.] 
284. Bhinofomastus cabanisi. 
RMnopomastus cabanisi (De Fil.) ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvi. p. 26 (1892) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 319 (Butz- 
suma) j Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 138 (1894: 
Taweta; Ugogo; Wembere Steppes) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1900, 
p. 223 (Kibaya). 
a. Ad. Kikuyu. 
b. Imm. Kinani, Sept. 1894. 
No. 267. S ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 15, 1896. 
Bill orauge-red, tip dull black; feet black; iris brown. 
Only one seen. 
285. MelITTOPHAGUS CYANOSTICTUS. 
Melittophagus cyanostictus Cab. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvii. p. 48, pi. i. fig. 3 (1892) ; id. Ibis, 1892, p. 319 
(Mount Elgon) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 136 
