3. ANTHOBAPHES. 11 



1. Anthobaphes violacea. 



Certhia Tiolacea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 1<S8, no. 22 (1766) ; P. L. S. MiUl. 



S. N. ii. p. 260, no. 22 (1773) ; id. op. cit., Anliamj, p. 97, no. 27 



(1776) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 482 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 288, 



no. 21 (1790); >Shmc, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 211, pi. 20 (1811). 

 Petit Grimpereau a longue queue du Cap de Bonne Esperance, 



Danhent. PI. Enl. 670. tio;. 2 (1770-86). 

 PCeithiacinerea, P. L. S. Miller, S. N., Anhang,^. 98 (1776) ; Gm. 



S. N. i. p. 481, no. o2 (1788, e.v Cinereous Creeper of Lath.) ; Lath. 



Ind. Orn. i. p. 289, no. 25 (1790). 

 Soui-manga a longue queue et capuchou violet, Bi(ff. Hist. Oi,s. v. 



p. 517 (1778). 

 Violet-beaded Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. B. ii. p. 718, no. 19 (1781) ; 



id. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 213, no. 3 (1822). 

 ? Cinereous Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. B. ii. p. 723, no. 22 (1781). 

 ? Orange-breasted Creeper, Lath. torn. cit. p. 734, no. 38 ; id. Gen. 



Hist. B. iv. p. 264, no. 70 (1822). 

 ? Certbia aurantia, Gm. S. N. i. p. 472, no. 35 (1788, ex Orange- 

 breasted Creeper of Lath.) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 295, no. 47 (1790) ; 



Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 43. 

 Certbia crocata, Shazv %- Nodd. Nat. Misc. vi. pi. 210. 

 Le Soui-manga a capucbon violet, Aud. et Vie ill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 61, 



pi. 39 (1802). 

 ? Le Soui-manga orange, Aud. etVieill. tom. cit. p. 04 (exGm. no. 35). 

 Le Sucrier orange, Lecaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 152, pi. 292. figs. 1, 2 



(1808) ; Siindev. Krit. Framst., Levaill. p. 56 (1857). 

 Nectarinia violacea, Illiq. Prodr. S'i/st. Mamm. et Av. p. 210 (1811) ; 



Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 200, 258, pi. 16 (1843) ; Gray, Gen. 



B. i. p. 98 (1847) ; Blyth. Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc. p. 223, no. 1350 



(1849) ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 404, no. 3 (1850) ; Grill, Zool. Anteckn. 



pp. 10, 39 (1858); Pekeln, Reise Novara, Vog. p. 51 (18G5) ; 



Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 78, no. 130 (1867); Finsch ^- Hartl. 



Voq. Ost-Afr. p. 213, no. 94 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 37, 



no."344(18"71). 

 Ciunvris violaceus, Cuv. Begn. Anim. i. p. 412 (1817) ; VieiU. Enc. 



Meth. ii. 598 (1823); Less. Man. d^Om. ii. p. 27 (1828); id. 



Traite d'Orn. i. p. 293, no. 4 (1831). 

 PCinnyris cinereus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 498 (1819, 



ex Cinereous Creeper of Lath.) ; id. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 585 (1823). 

 PCinnyris aurantia, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 508 (1819) ; 



Less. Man. cTOrn. ii. p. 53 (1828). 

 Cinnyris violaceofrons, Bonn. et. Vieill. Eiic. Meth. ii. p. (500 (1823). 

 Nectarinia cinerea, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv. p. 510 (1829). 

 Cinnvris eroceus, Less. Traite cFOrn. i. p. 294, no. 8 {e.v Levaill. 



pl."'292. fig. 2, 1831). 

 Antbrobapbes violacea, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 103, no. 565 (1850) ; 



Eeichb. Handb. Scansorice, p. 298, pi. 582. figs. 3954-56 (1854) ; 



Gurney, Anderss. Damar. Ld. p. 74 (1872). 

 Antbreptes violacea, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 56 (1854). 

 Anthobapbea violacea, Bp. Comptes Bendtts, 1854, p. 265 ; Sharpe, 



ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 308 (1870) ; Shelley, Monogr. Ned. 



p. 23, pi. 8. 

 Promerops violacea. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 110, no. 1853 (1869). 



Adult male. Head and neck all round and the least wing-coverts 

 black, with a deep metallic green gloss ; lower half of throat changing 



