10 NECTAEINIIB,!. 



o. Nectarinia platyura. 



Le Sncrier figiiier, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 157, pi. 293. fig-. 2 



(1808) ; Suridev. Krit. Franid., Levaill. p. 56 (1857). 

 Cinnvris platuius, Vieill. N. Diet. cVHist. Nat. xxxi. p. 501 (1819) ; 



Ami. ct Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 589 (1823) ; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, 



p. 40(L>-*L'S). 

 Saccharine Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 225, no. 13 (1822). 

 Comyns Creeper, Lath. torn. cit. p. 229, no. 17. 

 Nectarinia cyanopvgos, Licht. Verz. Dauhl. p. 15 (1823) ; id. 



Nomencl. Ao. p. o5 (1854) ; Miill. J. f. O. 1855, p. 15, no. 162. 

 Nectarinia sylviella, Temm. PI. Col. 347, note (1825). 

 Nectarinia platura, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv. p. 611 (1829) ; Jard. 



Monoffi: Sun-birds, pp. 209, 2G0, pi. 19 (1842) ; Bj). C. A. i. 



p. 405, no. 6 (1850) ; JIartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 53, no. 153 (1857) ; 



id. J.f. O. ISHl, p. 109; Antin. Cat. p. 36 (1864) ; Hartm. J. f. 



O. 1866, p. 237 : Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 83, no. 140 (1867) ; Heugl. 



lieise Mr«.«eM Nil, p. 337 (1863); Grai/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 109, 



no. 1333 (1869); Finsch et Hartl. VUg. Ost-Afr. p. 215 (1870); 



Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 40, no. 379 (1871). 

 Cinnyris sylvielliis. Less. Traitc d'Orn. i. p. 294, no. 10 (1831). 

 Platydipna platyura. Cab. Miis. Hein.i. p. 101 (^1850). 

 Hedydipna platyura, Reichb. Handh. Scansorice, p. 299, no. 699, 



pi. 583. figs. .3963-64 (1854) ; Shelley, Monogr. Ned. p. 7, pi. 3. 

 Nectarinia platyura, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 225 (1869). 



Adult male. Very similar to If. metallica, but without a purplish- 

 blue crescent separating the green and yellow parts on the chest. 

 The dark-green parts have a strong coppery-red metallic lustre. 

 Lower back more like the centre of the back, and not so very blue 

 as in N. metallica. Culmen 0-5 inch, Aving 2-25, tail 1-8 [4-2], 

 tarsus O'oo. 



Hab. Eepresents N. metalUcu in Senegambia. 



a. (5 ad. st. Gambia. Purchased. 



b. (5 ad. sk. West Africa. Purchased. 



c. S «id. sk. West Africa. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



d. cJ ad. sk. West Africa. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



e. S ad. sk. Casamanze ( Verreaiu). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



3. ANTHOBAPHES. 



Type. 

 Anthobaphes, Cab. Mas. Hein. i. p. 103 (1850) A. violacea. 



Bill much longer than rest of the head ; culmen rounded and 

 carved downwards. Nostrils basal, longitudinal, quite exposed, with 

 a very well-developed operculum ; no nasal or rictal bristles. First 

 primary short ; tip of wing formed by third, fourth, and fifth pri- 

 maries. Tail graduated, the central feathers considerably longer 

 than the rest ; tail of female slightly graduated. 



PluvuKje of male. Head and neck all round metallic ; yellow 

 pectoral tufts ; no downy feathers on back to cover the rump, which 

 is not yellow ; tarsus anteriorly covered with scales. 



lianfje. South Africa. 



