620 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 
(1894); Hinde, Ibis, 1898, p. 583 (Machako^s) ; Hartert, 
Nov. Zool. vii. p. 35 (1900 : Mubende) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 
B. ii. p. 237 (1900) ; id. Ibis, 1902, p. 110 (Lake Baringo). 
Melittophagus sharpei Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. x. p. xxvii 
(1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 72 (1900). 
Melittophagus pusillus cyanostictus Neum. J. £. O. 1900, 
p. 219 (Tanga ; Umbugwe). 
No. 103. S ad. Ndara, Teita, April 7, 1892. 
No. 308. ? ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 20, 1896. 
Bill black ; feet scaly brown ; iris crimson. 
286. Melittophagus pusillus. 
Melittophagus pusillus (P. L. S. Miill.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 47, pi. i. fig. 5 (1892). 
a. Ad. Kikuyu. 
Nos. 56, 57. S ad. Entebbe, Oct. 4, 1895. 
No. 1105. S juv. Nandi, 6000 feet, May 15, 1898. 
287. Melittophagus variegatus. 
Melittophagus variegatus (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xvii. p. 48 (1892) ; Beichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. 
p. 136 (1894: Bukoba). 
Melittophagus sonnini Boie ; Beiclien. J. f. O. 1892, p. 29 
(Mengo ; Uliambiri) . 
a. 2 ad. Entebbe, Jan. 13, 1895. Bill black; feet 
brown ; iris crimson. 
288. Melittophagus oreobates. (Plate XVI. fig. 1.) 
Melittophagus oreobates Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 320 (Save, 
Elgon; Kimangitschi) ; Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 219 (Ma- 
rangu ; Loita Mts.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 602 (Nairobe 
Forest). 
No. 963. S imm. Nandi Forest, April 10, 1898. Bill 
black ; feet dull slate-coloured ; iris brown. 
No. 1139. (^ ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, May 23, 1898. 
' No. 1207. S ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, June 13, 1898. 
Scarce. Seen in small flocks of three or four. 
289. Melittophagus albifrons. 
Melittophagus albifrons (Cab. & Heine) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 
