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is easily distinguished from all other species by its colors, and especially by 

 its black head, which color terminates abruptly on the breast and is succeeded 

 by a band of dark chestnut. It is nearly as large as Nyctiornis amictus or 

 Athertoni. 



It is with great gratification that I dedicate this fine bird to my valued and 

 constant friend Thomas M. Brewer, M. D., of the city of Boston, one of the 

 most distinguished of American ornithologists. 



35. Meropiscus gularis, (Shaw.) 



Merops gularis, Shaw, Nat. Misc. ix. pi. 337 (1798.) 



Gray, Gen. i. pi. 30. 



Apparently of frequent occurrence in the country on the Camma and Ogobai. 

 The adult of this species is very handsomely figured by Mr. Gray as above, 

 but the young bird is quite different, and might readily be mistaken for a dis- 

 tinct species. Young <5 Entire upper parts, throat and breast dark green, 

 on the throat mixed with a few red feathers, rump light blue, abdomen and 

 under tail coverts blue ; quills black with a spot of chestnut at the base of the 

 secondaries, tail black, bill black, shorter than in adult. 



36. Apaloderma narina, (Vieillot.) 



Trogon narina, Vieill. 



Gould, Monog., pi. 26. 



From the Camma river, and formerly received from the river Muni. Young % . 

 Upper parts like the adult, but with the throat and breast light ashy, a few 

 feathers only green at the end, abdomen pale rose-red, upper mandible dark 

 brown, under mandible yellow. 



37. Nectarinia fuliginosa, (Shaw.) 



Certhia fuliginosa, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 223. 



Vieill. Ois. dor., pi. 20, Nat. Lib. Sunbirds, pi. 14. 



From the Camma, and formerly received from the Moondah river. The very 

 peculiar color given as "fuliginous" by authors, assumes a variety of shades 

 in this species, apparently depending on age and season. It is frequently very 

 pale, giving the entire bird a dull brownish yellow or ochre color, and the me- 

 tallic violet of the rump is frequently wanting. 



38. Nectarinia angolensis, (Lesson.) 



Cinnyris angolensis, Lesson, Traite d'Orn. i. p. 295. 

 Nectarinia Stangeri, Jardine, Ann. Nat. Hist. x. p. 187, pi. 13. 

 Jard. and Selb. 111. Orn., N. S., pi. 48. 



From the Muni, Moondah and Camma rivers, and evidently of frequent oc- 

 currence in this region of Western Africa. Young % . Upper parts dull dark 

 brown, a few metallic violet feathers in front, throat lustrous metallic green 

 succeeded by a band of violet and scarlet on the breast. Abdomen dull yel- 

 lowish with longitudinal and irregular stripes of brownish black, wings and 

 tail dark brown. 



39. Nectarinia chxoropygia, Jardine. 



Nectarinia chloropygia, Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist. x. p. 188, pi. 14. 

 Cinnyris chalybea, Swains. B. of W. Africa, ii. p. 132. 

 Jard. and Selb., 111. N. S., pi. 50, Swains. Zool. 111., pi. 95. 

 Apparently one of the most abundant species of Equatorial Africa, and re- 

 ceived in all Mr. Duchaillu's collections. Yonng . Upper parts yellowish 

 green, a few feathers tipped and edged with metallic golden green, under parts 

 yellow, mixed with dark green on the throat, and scarlet on the breast. 

 From the Moonda, Muni, and Camma rivers. 



40. Nectarinia cuprea, (Shaw.) 



Certhia cuprea, Shaw. Gen. Zool. viii. p. 201, (1811.) 



Cinnyris erythronotus, Swaius. B. of W. Africa, ii. p. 30, pi. 15. 



Vieill. Ois. Dor., pi. 23, 27. 



1859.] 



