8 



NECTARINIIDJE. 



coverts and tail-feathers uniform hlaok, some of the latter edged 

 with glossy green ; centre of chest with a large patch of crimson- 

 red ; the I'leighbonring green feathers are washed and tipped with 

 pale yellow ; bill and legs black ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0-6- 

 0-7 inch, wing 2-'3, tail i'S [4-2-4'8], tarsus 0-55. 



Adidt female. Upper surface uniform earthy brown with a slight 

 olive or yellow tinge ; tail dark brown, largely tipped with white ; 

 underparts d\dl whitish yellow. Length of wing 2-1 inches. 



Youivj nude. Like the female, but has the throat dull brownish. 



Immature male. The green metallic colour first appears on the 

 shoulders and wing-coverts, then on the throat, and soon the red 

 patch of the chest begins to develop itself; then the upper tail- 

 coverts and the lower back become green, and at last the mantle 

 and the crown. 



Hab. I^orthern half of the Ethiopian Eegion. 



b. 



d" ad. St. 

 (5 imm. St. 

 (moulting). 

 (S ad. sk. 



d. 5 ad. sk. 



e. c? ad. sk. 



/, ff- 6 2 f^d- ^k. 



h. (5' ad. sk. 



i. cJ imm. sk. 

 k. 5 ad. sk. 

 I, m. c? juv. sk. 

 71, o. cJ ad. sk. 

 p. (S ad. sk. 

 q. (S imm. sk. 



( moulting). 

 r. $ ad. ; s. cJ 



imm. sk. 

 t, u. (5 ? ad. sk. 

 V. (S imm. sk. 



(moulting). 

 w, .r. 9 ad. ; >/. 



rdjjuv. sk. 

 z. $ ad.; a', b'. 



(S juv. sk. 

 c'. [d] juv. sk. 



Gambia. 

 Gambia. 



Anseba valley, 4000 feet, 



July 23, 18(38. 

 Anseba valley, Aug. 5, 



1868. 

 Abyssinia. 

 Near Khartoum, Oct. 



1861. 

 Bejook, July 16, 1868 



{Jesse). 

 Kordofan, June 1867. 

 Sennaar. 



Casamanze ( VeiTeaux). 

 Casamanze {Verreaux). 

 Fan tee. 

 Bissao. 



Purchased. 

 Purchased. 



W, T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C] 



K. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Consul Petherick [C.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Senegal {A. Marche). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Senegal, Sept. 1861. 

 Bathurst (Qwrn). 



Bathurst {A. Marche). 



DaKar, Cape Verd {A. 



Marche). 

 Daranka, Gambia (A. 



Marche). 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



4. Nectarinia metallica. 



Nectarinia metallica, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 15 (1823) ; Tetnm. PI. 

 Col. .347. tigs. 1 & 2 (1825) ; Hempr. ^- Ehrmb. Sijmb. Phys. pi. 1 

 (1828) ; Cretzschm. in liiipp. Atlas, Vog. p. 16, pi. 7 (1828) ; Jard. 

 Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 211 & 260 (1842) ; Riii^p. &gst. Uebers. 

 p. 28 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 98 (1847) ; Strickl. P. Z. S. 

 1850, p. 216 ; Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 124 ; Hengl. Faun. roth. 



