228 DR. O. FINSCH ON BIRDS FROM NORTH-EASTERN 
. Bejook. July 4 (no. 442). 
. Bejook. July 15 (no. 1082). 
. Bejook. July 15 (no. 806). 
Bejook. July 15 (no. 770). 
. Bejook. July 16 (no. 1202). 
- Bejook. July 16 (no. 1639). 
. Bejook. July 17 (no. 805). 
. Bejook. July 17 (no. 1966). 
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to ®a a 10 a4 Ga, 
The specimens from north-east Africa agree with western ones. I saw this species 
also amongst a collection of Dr. v. Heuglin from Wau, on the Bahr-el-ghasal, in the 
interior. ‘The Bogos country is a new locality for this species.—0. F. 
[Eye black ; beak black; legs and feet black. 
Ten specimens in this series, among which are three females, were all procured on 
the river Anseba from July 4 to August 4. I only met with this beautiful little bird 
in this locality, and always near the river—that is to say, within a mile anda half. I 
did not even see it on the other side of the hills, at Mashalite, though not ten miles 
from the Anseba. It was plentiful— VW. J.] 
51. NECTARINIA METALLICA, Licht. 
Nectarinia metallica, Hempr. & Khrb. Symb. Phys. t. i.; Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 28. no. 109; Heugl. 
Syst. Uebers. no. 153; id. Fauna d. Rothen Meer. no. 52; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. 
p. 214. no. 95. 
a. 3. Koomaylee. March 18 (no. 170). 
6. 3. Koomaylee. March 18 (no. 134). 
c. 6. Koomaylee. March 18 (no. 179). 
d. 2. Koomaylee. May 27 (no. 568). 
; [Eye black; beak black ; legs and feet black. 
Three male specimens procured about two miles from the plain of Koomaylee, up 
in the hills, in quite a cool temperature, surrounded by plenty of verdure, the shrubs in 
blossom, I should say full 1200 feet above the sea; this was in March. On my 
return at the end of May they were plentiful in the plain at Koomaylee, but in very 
bad plumage, the males having all lost the long tail-feathers. At this period I obtained 
the female; these being plentiful, I concluded the breeding-season was over. I also 
found specimens in the female plumage with signs of the bright mature plumage. 
I did not meet with this species in the Bogos country, nor on the highland plateau 
of Senafé.— VV. J. | 
