2 NECTARINnDvS:. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Tail square, but the ceutral pair of fea- 

 thers nroieeting beyond the rest. Male 



always liietallic 2. Nectarinia, p. 3. 



h. Whole tail square. 

 a'. Bill much curved and long. 



a". Male with wattles on thu sides of 

 tlie head ; tail sliort, only half the 



length of the wing . . . .' 1. Neodrepanis, p. 2. 



h". Male without wattles. 



a'". Tail not half covered by wings ; 

 male mostly with metallic 



colours ' C. CiNNYHIS, p. 31. 



b'". Tail more than half covered by 

 wings; male without any me- 

 tallic colours ■ 7. Aracitnotheea, p. 100. 



h'. Bill slightly curved, shorter than the 

 head ; keel of lower mandible 

 straio-ht ; male always with metallic 



colours 8. Anthothbeptes, p. 112. 



c. Tail gi-aduated ; central pair of feathers 

 the longest ; bill longer than head. 

 c'. Eump and lower back bright yellow, 

 concealed by the lona: and very flufiy 



feathers of the sides'of the back . . 5. ^thopyga, p. 13. 

 d'. Rump and lower back not yellow; no 

 fluffy feathers, 

 c". Lower back and breast metallic . . 4. Chalcostetha, p. 12. 

 d". Lower back olive, non-metallic; 



breast orange-yellow 3. Anthobaphes, p. 10. 



1. NEODREPANIS. 



Type. 

 Neodi'epanis, Sharpe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 76 N. coruscans. 



Bill mucli longer than head and strongly curved and pointed : 

 ciilmen rounded. Nostrils basal, longitudinal, with a small oper- 

 culum ; no lictal or nasal bristles. First jmrnary extremely long and 

 peculiarly shaped, rather shorter than the second, which is equal to 

 the seventh in length ; tip of wing, which is short, formed by 3rd 

 to 5th primaries. Tail soft, slightly rounded, and very short, scarcely 

 half the length of the wing. Tarsus anteriorly covered with trans- 

 verse scales; claws short. Male with metallic colours and large 

 bare wattles on either side of the head. 



Range. Madagascar. 



1. Neodrepanis coruscans. 



Neodrepanis coruscans, S/iarpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 76 ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1875, p. 380 ; id. Monngr. Nect. p. 1, pi. 1 ; Milne-Edivards ^■' Grand. 

 Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. pis. cviii., cviii. a (1879). 



Adult male. All the upper parts dark greenish blue, deep blue 



