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breeds about May, and I saw young birds with the 

 parents in July. The extent of blue on the neck 

 appears to vary slightly. 



109. N.Jardinii, Verreaux. 



Haxtlaub, Om. West Afr. No. 133, p. 47.— Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. 

 p. 227. 



I am indebted for a specimen of this Sun-Bird to 

 Captain Sturt. I did not myself meet with it. The 

 specimen given to me was shot at an elevation of be- 

 tween 5,000 and 6,000 feet below Senafe, as was another 

 obtained by Mr. Jesse. 



Dimensions of a male : Wing 2"6 in., tail 1"85, tarsus 

 0*65, bill from front 0'7, whole length about 4*75 in. 



no. N. cruentata, Eiipp. 



Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 26, t. ix. — Ferr. et Gal. No. 179.— Brehm, 

 Habesch, No. 43.— Heugl. Om. N. 0. Afr, p. 228. 



Not a common bird anywhere, and only seen in the 

 upper part of the subtropical and in the temperate 

 region. It was occasionally met with about Senafe and 

 in the upper part of the pass. I again met with it ia 

 the Anseba valley, keeping, however, to the hills around, 

 and Mr. Jesse shot two or three specimens. It is an 

 exquisitely coloured bird when in full plumage; more 

 beautiful perhaps than its more gaudily attired alhes. 



III. N. tacazze, Stanley. 



Certhia tacmze, Stanley ; Salt's Journey, Appendix, p. 58. 

 Cinnyris tacaxze, Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 89, t, xxxi. f. 3. — Feir. et 



Gal. No. 177.— Lefebvre, p. 88. 

 Nectarinia tacaxze, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 108. 

 Nectarina tacaziena, Heugl. Orn. N. 0. Afr. p. 222. 



This fine Nectarinia ranges to a much higher elevation 



