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Show 1881.] BIRDS FRON EASTERN AFRICA. 571 Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 355; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 227; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 348; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 125. Pangani; Usambara hills ; Dar-es-Salaam. This species ranges from Mombas to Natal, and thence to Damaraland and Angola. 43. CINNYRIS KIRKI. Cinnyris kirki, Shelley, Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 273, pi. 85 (1876) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 125. Cinnyris kalckreuthi, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 227; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 348. Nectarinia kalckreuthi, Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 260; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 280; id. J. f. O. 1879, p. 300. Usambara hills. This species is confined to East Africa, where it ranges from Mombas to the Zambesi. 44. ANTHREPTES ZAMBESIANA. Nectarinia collaris, pt., Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 223 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 713 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 260; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, p. 300, 1880, pp. 188, 191. Anthodia?ta zambesiana, Shelle}', Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 343, pi. Ill; Nicholson, P.Z.S. 1878, p. 356; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 125. Anthodiceta collaris, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 227. Pangani; Dar-es-Salaam. Like the last species, it ranges from Mombas to the Zambesi. 45. CISTICOLA ISODACTYLA. Drymoica isodactyla, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 236; Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 712. Cisticola isodactyla, Peters, Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 356. Pangani; Usambara hills ; Dar-es-Salaam. This is a common bird on the Zanzibar coast, and ranges from Mombas to Delagoa Bay in South-eastern Africa. 46. CISTICOLA H^MATOCEPHALA. Drymoica stulta, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 235. Cisticola hcematocephala, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 222; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 267; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 280; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 279, 303 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 354. Lamo. This species has been collected at Mombas by the Baron von der Decken and by Dr. Fischer; and the latter gentleman gives a description of the nest and eggs. Dr. Hildebrandt procured it on the coast and at Kitui in Ukamba. Beyond this limited portion of Eastern Africa it has, as yet, only been recorded from the Loango coast, in Western Africa, by Dr. Cabanis. |