40 NECTARlNirD^. 



C. affinis. 



Violet-tailed Creeper, Lat/i. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 232, no. 20 (1822). 

 Cinnyris allinis, liiipp. Xeue Wirh. p. 87, pi. 31. tig. 1 (1835); Lefeh. 



Vol/. Abyss., Ois. p. 87 (1845-50) ; Ferr. et Gal. Voy. Ahi/ss. iii. 



p. 248 (1847) ; Shel/ci/, Munogr. Ned. p. 239, pi. 74. tig. 2." 

 Nectariuia affiuis, Jard. Monoyr. Sun-hirds, p. 275 (1842) ; Rupp. 



Si/st. Uehfi-.-^. p. 28 (1845); Dp. C. A. i. p. 406, uo. 12 (1850); 



lieuffl. Si/st. Uebers. Voij. N.O.-Afr. p. 21 (1856); Heugl. Faun. 



roth. Meer. p. 21 (1861) ; Brehm, Habesch. pp. 211, 284 (1863) ; 



Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 229 (1869) ; Blanford, Geol. S, Zool. 



Abyss, p. 351, no. 108 (1870) ; Eeugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 232 



(1871). 

 Cyanomih-a affinis, JRetchb. Handb. Scansonee, p. 292, no. 680, pi. 573. 



fig. 3907 (1854) ; Antin. S/^ Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, iv. 

 ^ p. 452 (1873). 



Nectarinia souimanga, Heugl. J. f. O. 1867, p. 300. 

 Nectariuia, sp. F, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 233 (1871). 

 Nectarinia fazoglensis, Finsch, in Heuglins Orn. N.O.-Afr., Append. 



p. Ixx. 

 Cinnyi-is heuglini, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 241. 



C. leucogaster. 



Cinnyris leucogaster, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 515 (1819) ; 



Less. Man. d'Orn.n. p. 56; Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 19 ; Shelley, 



Monogr. Nect. p. xxxix. 

 Cinnyiis thoracicus, Less. Traite d'Orn. ii. p. 297 (1831) ; Pucheran, 



Bev. Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 487. 

 Nectariuia talatala. Smith, App. Bep. F.ip. S. Afr. p. 58 (1836) ; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. of S. Afr. p. 318, pi. 7 (1876) ; Bocage, 



Orn. d' Angola, p. 172. 

 Nectarinia anderssoni, aS^/^VA/. S^- Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 153; 



Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 106, no. 1285 (1869). 

 Cinnyriciucla anderssonii, Beichenb. Handb. Scansor. p. 307 (1854). 

 Nectarinia, sp. ?, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. i. p. 332, no. 12 (1867). 

 Cinnyris talatala, Layard, Lbis, 1868, p. 270 ; Gurney in Anderss. 



B'.Bamara Ld. p. 72 (1872) ; id. Lbis, 1873, p. 255: Ayres, Ibis, 



1879, p. 294; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 229, pi. 71. 



C. alhiventris. 



Nectarinia albiventris, Strichl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 42, pi. 86 ; Sclat. 

 tom.-cit. p. 124; id. Bep. Coll. Somali Cmintry, p. 14 (I860) ; Speke, 

 Lbis, 1860, p. 247 ; Heugl J. f. O. 1864, p. 203 ; Fi?isch ^- Hartl. 

 Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 223 (1870) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 234 



Cinnyricincla albiventris, Beicfienb. Handb. Scansor. p. 306, no. 607, 



pi." 562 6. figs. 4078, 4079 (1854). 

 Cinnyi-is albiveutris, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 233, pi. 73. 



A. Western or dull-coloured Race (C. venusta). 



Adidt male. Lower breast, sides of abdomen, under tail-coverts, 

 and thighs buffy yellow ; pectoral tufts bright orange (almost 

 Bcarlet-red) and yellow ; quUls and greater coverts dark brown 

 with pale edges ; tail blue-black, strongly edged with metallic 



