380 
THE KILIMANJARO EXPEDITION. 
$ in partial moult, 2 5 , 5000 feet; g, 6000 feet; $ in moult, 
7000 feet. 
Very abundant. 
15. Nectarinia Johnstoni, sp. n. 5 
$, Kilima-njaro, 11,000 feet. 
Very similar in size, form, and colour to N. famosa, but readily 
distinguished by the pectoral tufts being bright scarlet. 
Entire head, neck, back, least and median wing-coverts, and chest 
metallic green, with the base of the feathers black; a small black 
patch from the gape to the eye. The head, neck, and back have a 
slight golden shade, not so strong as is generally the case in N. 
famosa, while the rump and upper tail-coverts have a bluish lustre ; 
remainder of the wings brownish black with a slight purple gloss; 
the greater wing-coverts are partially edged with metallic green, 
shaded with bronzy violet on a few of the outer feathers ; the primary- 
coverts and the greater secondaries show, in certain lights, faint indi¬ 
cations of similar metallic edges. Tail purplish black, the feathers 
towards the centre being narrowly and partially edged with bluish 
green. Axillary tufts bright scarlet; abdomen, thighs, and under 
surface of the wings blackish brown; under tail-coverts purplish 
black, with slight traces of metallic bluish-green margins to a few of 
the feathers. The under wing-coverts towards the bend of the wing 
are tipped with metallic green. Bill and legs black. Total length 
10'6 inches, culmen P25, wing 3*3, tail 6 * 6 , tarsus 0T. 
Very abundant. Not seen lower than 5000 or 6000 feet, but 
reaches higher up the mountain than any other bird with the excep¬ 
tion of Corvultur albicollis and Pinarochroa hypospodia. Found very 
much round a curious teazle-like lobelia (L. Deckeni).. Also at lower 
levels it affects the tall aloe flower-shoots. 
16. Nectarinia kilimensis, Shelley. 
Nectarinia kilimensis , Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 555; 
Two $, 3000 feet; $ g, 4000 feet; 4 f, 5000 feet; ?, 
5600 feet; $ , not labelled. 
Found mostly near base of mountain, very common. Rarely if ever 
seen above 5600 feet. 
17. Nectarinia Reichenowi (Fischer ). 6 
Nectarinia Reichenowi, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 556, pi. 51. 
Drepanorhynchm Reichenowi, Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. (Madaraz), 
1884, p. 338. 
$ , 4000 feet; 2 $ , 5000 feet.. Never seen above 5000 feet. 
5 Illustrated in “ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,” pp. 222, 
223. 1885. 6 Ibid., p. 556. 1884. 
