2. NECTAEINIA. 



in position C ; wings and tail black, externally edged with the 

 metallic blue of the back ; the large bare eye-wattles greyish blue ; 

 nasal and loral region black ; all the uuderjjarts vivid yellow, 

 with the exception of a few black under wing-coverts near the edge 

 of the wing ; inner web of quill without paler edges. 



Female. Without wattles around the eye ; all the upper parts 

 uniform olive-green, with a faint greenish metallic gloss ; wings 

 and tail dark brown, externally broadly edged with olive-green ; 

 underparts vivid yellow, some of the feathers of the breast washed 

 with brownish or grey ; inner web of quills with buff edges. 



(S . Culmen 1 inch, wing 1'90, tail 0'9(J, tarsus 0-55. 



?. „ 1 „ „ 1-70, „ 0-85, „ 0-55. 



ffah. Madagascar. 



a. 2 ad. ; b. cj imm. 



sk. 

 c. c? imm. sk. 



East of Antananarivo, 



July 1881. 

 Madagascar. 



Rev. W. Deans Cowan 



[C.]. 

 Mr. A. Crossley [C.]. 

 (Type of species.) 



2. NECTAEINIA. „ 



Type. 



Nectarinia, ///. Prodr. p. 210 (1811) N. famosa. 



Panffiola, Cab. 3Ius. Hein. i. p. 101 (1850) N. pulcLella. 



Hedvdipna, Cab. I. c. i. p. 101 (1850) N. metallica. 



Platydipna, Cab. I. c. i. p. 101 (1850) N. platyura. 



Bill, with one exception, much longer than the rest of the head 

 and much curved. Nostrils longitudinal, operculated, exposed ; no 

 bristles. Wings rather pointed, the second quill being long; tip 

 of wing formed by 3rd, 4th, and 5th primaries ; first primary verj' 

 small. Tail square, but (in the male) the central pair of its feathers 

 project out far beyond the others. Tarsus anteriorly covered with 

 transverse scales. Hallux short ; claws much curved, sharp, but 

 short. Male richlj' metallic coloured, sometimes with yellow pec- 

 toral tufts; some species with fluffy back-feathers. Female very 

 plain. 



Range. Africa. 



1. 



1. Bill of jV. famosa. 2. Bill of N. metallica. 3. Bill of iS". platyura. 



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