36 NECTARINIIDJS. 



Cinnvris pectoralis, VieiU. N, Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 497 (1819) ; 



id.' Sue. Meth. ii. p. 58 (1823). 

 Cinnviis sniaragdiuus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'JSist. Nat. xxxi. p. 508 ; id. 



Eiic. Meth. ii. p. 5'.).j ; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 49 (1828). 

 Cinnvris viridis, Vieill. N. Diet, cmist. Nat. xxxi. p. 515 (1819) ; id. 



Eiic. Meth. ii. p. 588 ("1823) ; Less. Man. d'Orn. li. p. 46. 

 Bifasciated Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 285 (1822). 

 Nectarinia smaragdina, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv. p. 513 (1829). 

 Nectarinia afra, Jard. Moyioqr. Sun-birds, pp. 169, 247, pi. 2 (1843) ; 



Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 97 (1847) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 22 ; Layard, 



B. S. Afr. p. 76. 

 Certhia erythrogastra, Shaw, Nat. Misc. xx. pi. 837 (1847). 

 Cinnvi'is canora, Bj). C. A. i. p. 407 (1850) ; Beichenb. Handb. Seansor. 



p. 288, pi. 574. fig. 3913 (1854). 

 Nectarinia scarlatina, Mi'dl. J.f. 0. 1855, p. 16 ; Grill, Zool. Anteekn. 



pp. 11, 39 (1858). 

 Kectarinia ludovicensis, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. ii. p. 41 (1868) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 107, no. 1304 (1869) ; Bocage, Orn. d' Angola, 



p. 169 (1877). 

 Nectarinia canora, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 106, no. 1288. 



Bill of Cimtyris afra. 



Adult male. Quills and greater coTerts uniform blackish brown ; 

 tail black ; head aud neck all round, mantle, most of the wing- 

 coverts, and back metallic bluish green ; chest and upper breast 

 crimson ; pectoral tufts bright yellow ; a narrow line between the 

 red and the metallic green parts on the chest, and the upper tail- 

 coverts metallic violet; rest of imderparts, including the under 

 wing-coverts and thighs, ashy brown. 



Achdt female. Above rusty brown, with a slight olive tinge; tail 

 blue-black, the outer pair of feathers with pale edges ; underparts 

 pale ashy brown, washed -ndth yellow on the centre of the breast and 

 on the abdomen ; under wing-coverts aud edge of wing greyish white 

 and yellowish. 



Culmen. Wiug. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



d 1-2 2-65 2-2 0-78 



S 1-1 2-5 2-1 0-78 



c? 1-15 2-5 2-1 0-78 



S 1'2 2-7 2-2 0-78 



2 1-1 2-4 1-8 0-70 



Hah. South Africa. 



a. cJ ad. St. Cape of Good Hope. F. Campbell, Esq. [P.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Cape of Good Hope. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. $ ad. sk. South Africa. Purchased. 



d. c? ad. sk. Mossel Bay, April 11 W. E. & C. G. Gates, 



(F. Oates). Esqrs. [P.]. 



