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NEOT.VRlNTIli.^. 



Ohs. In the young male the first step towards the beautiful 

 plumage of the adult is made by the appearance of the pectoral 

 tufts and of some of the crimson-red feathers ; then follows the 

 blue metallic throat or the mantle, lastly the crown. 



Hab. South Africa. 



a. cjad. ; ft. cJimm. st. 

 c. 2 ad. St. 

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sk. 

 k. 2 ad. ; I. <S imm. sk. 

 m. cJ ad. sk. 



«. S ad. sk. 

 0. $ ad. sk. 

 p. cJ ad. sk. 

 q, r. c? $ ad. sk. 

 s. c? imm. sk. 



t. c? imm. sk. 

 u,v. cJ 2 ad. sk. 

 w. (S imm. sk. 



.V, 2 ad. sk. 



South Africa. 

 South Afi'ica. 

 South Africa. 



South Afiica. 



Cape Towu (Butler). 

 Cape Town, April 24, 



1866 {Andersson). 

 SteUenbosch, Dec. 1840. 

 Swellendam, Oct. 1840. 

 Slang Kope, Sept. 18-34. 

 Kujsna (Andersson). 

 Knysua, February 1866 



{Andersson). 

 George {H. Atmore). 

 Macamac, July 1874. 

 Macamac, July 1874 



(T. L. Ay res). 

 Lydenburg, E. Transvaal. 



Dr. Lee [P.]. 

 Sii- A. Smith [C.]. 

 F. D.Godman and 0. 

 Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Piuchased. 



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. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



F.A.Barratt,Esq.[P.i. 



J.n.Gumey,Esq.[P]. 



F.A.Ban-att,Esq.[P.]. 



Subsp. /3. Cinnyris erikssoni. 



Ciunyris erikssoni^ Trimen, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 451, pi. 32. 



This Sun-bird belongs to Shelley's " pale metallic group " of the 

 genus Cinnyris, and is in colouring almost identical with C. afer (L.), 

 but differs strikingly in size, being not larger than C. chcdyheus (L.), 

 and in the shortness of its beak. In the male the metallic green is 

 perhaps rather more smooth and brilliant than in C. afer, and the 

 scarlet of the breast somewhat lighter ; but it is in the tvidth of the 

 latter that the bird differs most, the specimens in finest plumage 

 having the belt an inch broad, which is actually wider than the 

 same marking in the much larger C. afer. It is fui'ther remarkable 

 that the wings are as long as in C. (tfer, viz. 2 in. 6 lin., while in 

 C. chahjheus they measure only 2 in. 3 lin. The bill, however, is 

 1 line shorter than in C. chalyheus (culmen 9 lin.) and 5 lines shorter 

 than in G. afer (12| to 13 lin.). {Trimen, I. c.) 



C. erikssoni cannot be confounded with C chalyheus, the latter 

 having such a very narrow scarlet breast-belt ; but it is more like 

 0. cliloropyyius, Jard., a native of all the tropical West-African 

 coast from Senegal to Angola. This last-named bird, however, is 

 much smaller (total length 3 in. 7 lin.), and wauts both the blue 

 upper tail-coverts and blue pectoral collar presented by C. erikssoni. 

 {Trimen, I. c.) 



Hab. Damara Land. 



