6. ciNNrRis. 39 



3, Cinnyris coquereli, 



Nectariuia coquerellii, Verr. J. f. 0. 1800, p. 90 ; Hartl. Faun. Maduy. 



p. 34 (1861 J ; id. Vd(j. Mad'ag. p. 92 (1877). 

 Nectaiinia coqueieli. Schkq. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 421 ; Schleg. 4* Poll. 



Faun. Madat/., Ois. p. 71, pi. 18. fig. 1 (1868) ; E. Newton, P. Z. S. 



1877, p. yOi'". 

 Cinuyris coquereli, Shelley, Monogr. Neet. p. 243, pi. 75. 



Adult male. Wings and greater coverts and tail black, externally 

 edged with blue ; inner web of quUls pale ; aU tbe rest of the 

 upper parts, the sides of tbe neck, and tbe fore neck metallic 

 black — in position B dark bronzy green, in C ricli bluish green ; 

 jiectoral tufts scarcely distinguishable from the rich yeUow of the 

 breast and abdomen ; centre of breast with a large scarlet patch ; 

 under tail-coverts pale yellow ; thighs brown ; under wing-coverts 

 white. Cidmen 0-7o inch, wing 2, tail 1-3, tarsus 0'6. 



Female. Not known. 



Hab. Mayotte (Comoro Islands). 



a. (S ad. sk. Mayotte, 1860 (Coquerel). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



4. Cinnyris venusta. 

 C. venusta. 



Certbia venusta, Shaio, Nat. Misc. x. pi. 369 (1799) ; Lath. Ind. 



Oni. Siq)2}l. ii. p. 35, no. 2 (1801) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 247 



(1811). 

 Leona Creeper, Lath. Gen. S>/n. Suppl. ii. p. 164, no. 19 (1801) ; id. 



Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 234 (1822). 

 Soui-manga de Sien-a Leone, ou le Quinticolor, Aud. et VieiU. Ois. 



J»or. ii. p. 116, pl.79(1802). 

 Certhia qiuuticolor, Bechst. Kurze Uebers. p. 194, no. 85 (1812). 

 Cinnyris venustus, Cuv. Reijne Aniin. i. p. 412 (1817) ; Vieill. N. 



Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. bl2 (1S19) ; Bonn, et VieiU. Enc. Meth. 



ii. p. 598 ( 1823) ; Bj). C. ^. i. p. 407, no. 29 (1850) ; Shelley, Monogr. 



Nect. p. 235, pi. 74. fisrs. 1 & 3. 

 Band-breasted Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 260 (1822). 

 CinnjTis quiuticolor. Less. Man. d^Orn. ii. p. 45 (1828). 

 Cinnyris pusillus, Sicains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 138 (1837, tiec Vieill.) ; 



Bp. C. A. I. p. 406, no. 9 (1850) ; X'ab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 102, no. 560 



(1850). 

 Nectariuia parvula, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 181 (1842). 

 Nectarinia venusta, Jard. torn. cit. p. 252, pi. 7 ; Hartl. Orn. W.- 



Afr. p. 48, no. 136 (1857) ; id. J. f. 0. 1861, p. 109; Socage, Jorn. 



tisb. ii. p. 41, no. 16 (1868); Beiehenou; J.f. O. 1875, p. .30; 



Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1878, p. 2 ; id. Orn. d' Angola, p. 173 (1<877). 

 Cbalcoraitra venusta, Beichb. Handb. Scansorice, p. 280, no. 648, 



pi. 569. fig. 3884 (1854). 

 Cyanomitra pusUla, Beichb. torn. cit. p. 291, no. 679, pi. 615. figs. 



4105-6. 

 ? Nectarinia affinis, B&uvier, Cat. Ois. Marche 8fc. p. 14 (1875). 

 ? Ciimyris flayiventer, Less. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 270 (1847). 



