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NECTARINnn^. 



Measurements : — 



Oulmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



S 0-8 2-25 1-5 0-60 



cJ 0-9 2-20 1-5 0-65 



cJ 0-9 2-15 1-35 0-65 



2 0-8 2-0 1 ■35 0-60 



Hab. South Africa, except the Cape Colon}'. 



D. Eastern Race (C. albiventris). 



Sh'ghtlj' smaller than the Western race, and having the pectoral 

 tufts orange and yellow instead of pure yellow. The type speci- 

 mens, which are in very bad condition, measure, according to Capt. 

 Shelley : — cJ . Culmen 0-65 inch, wing 2-1, tarsus 0'65 : 2 . Culmen 

 0'60 inch, wing 1'95, tarsus 0'60. 



Hab. Somali Laud. 



C. venusta. 



a. 2 fid. st. 



b, c. (S ad. sk. 



d. (S ad. sk. 



e. (5 inim. sk. 



./"• d ; (J, h, i. 2 juv. 



sk. 

 k. c? ad. sk. 

 /. (S imm. sk. 

 m. 2 ad. sk. 

 n. S fid. sk. 

 o. S juv. sk. 



J). S ad. sk. 



a. S ad. sk. 

 h. S ad. sk. 



c. (S imm. sk. 



d. S ad. sk. 



e. S ad. sk. 



f. (J ad. sk. 



ff, h. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 i, h. (S 2 ad. sk. 



cJ ad. sk. 

 2 ad. sk. 



W. Africa. 



West Africa. 



Bissao. 



Dakar, Cape Verd 



{Laylaize). 

 Dakar, Cape Verd 



{Lafflaize). 

 Casamanze, Aug. 1864. 

 Casaiiianze. Oct. 1864. 

 Sierra Leone. 

 Sierra Leone. 

 Ebo, R. Niger. 



Gaboon. 



C. affinis. 



Kordofan. 



Senate, Tigre, 8000 ft., 



May 26, 1868. 

 Near Undul, 3500 ft., 



Feb. 19, 1868. 

 Undul, May 27, 1868 



(^Jesse). 

 Kayravguddv (Jesse), 



April 8, 1868. 

 Abyssinia (Jesse). 



Aukober, June 1842 



(Harris). 

 Kokai, Lebka vallev, 



4000 ft., July 11,1 868, 



C. leucoffaster. 



South Africa. 

 Natal (C. Harford). 



M. Verreaux. 



Pm'chased. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Sir E. Sabine [P.]. 

 W. T. Thomson, R.N. 



[P.]. 

 M. J. Verreaux. 



R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 

 W.T.Blauford,Esq[C.]. 



W.T.Blauford,Esq.(C.J. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



F. D. Godman and O. 



Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 India Museum. 



W.T.Blanford,Esq.[C.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



