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British-East-African Birds. 
Common in the neighbourhood of swamps and river-beds 
where there is some timber, such as mimosa, in proximity to 
the water. Breeds in April and November. 
14. Nectarinia kilimensis Shelley; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 
р. 591. 
a, A ad. N’gong, Masailand, Dec. 10, 1898. 
b, $ ad. „ „ Dec. 10, 1898. 
с, ? ad. „ „ 
A common bird in the hill-country where the jangle is 
thick. 
15. Cinnyris falkensteini Fischer & Reichen. ; Hinde, 
t. c. p. 580. 
No. 151, d ad. Atbi river, Sept. 7, 1899. 
Occasional specimens of this species may be seen wherever 
there is low scrub in Ukambani, but it is particularly 
fond of mimosa-trees. It is not so common as Cinnyris 
cequatorialis. 
[Professor Reichenow has recently (Orn. M.B. vii. 
pp. 170, 171) given a review of the species belonging to the 
C. venusta group. 
He points out that the true C. venusta from Senegambia 
is distinguished by its whitish-yellow belly and by the 
coppery gloss on the upper surface. 
The true C. affinis, from Abyssinia, has the belly clear 
yellow, and has a green upper surface, on which, however, I 
can detect a slight shade of bronze, and even on one or two 
feathers a sub-terminal gloss of steel-blue. 
Prof. Reichenow says that a male from Teita agrees 
entirely with Abyssinian specimens. I notice that on the 
throat there is more of a coppery-green shade than there is 
in specimens from more southern localities, where the gloss 
tends towards steel-blue or purplish blue. 
A second race, C. stierlingi, is de>cribed by Prof. Reichenow 
from Uhehe, and is said to have the belly a little darker than 
in typical C. affinis, with the green of the upper surface 
somewhat blending into blue. 
Cinnyris niassee is another race, with the belly a little 
darker than in typical C. affinis, the upper surface pure 
