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NECTARINIID^. 



are considerably narrower and longer than the rest of the tail ; hill 

 short as in C osins. Size of bird smaller than that of the southern 

 form. 



Hah. \Miite-Nile district. 



Heads of C. mariqiiensis and G. erythroceria. 



Measiu'emeuts : — 



Culmen. Wing. Tail, 



in. in. in. 



S . Bamangwato I'O 2-75 2-0 



S . South Africa 0-85 2-G5 



cJ . Bogos (C. osiris) 0-77 2-57 1'90 



S . Abyssinia 0-80 2-60 1-90 



d.WMteNile { ^'^^ ^f^. ^'^^ 



S . Angola 0-89 2-20 1-50 



c? . Gaboon . 0-8o 2-36 1-55 



cJ . Ambriz 0-85 2-30 1-5.5 



2 . Damara 0-90 2-50-2-70 1-70 



2 . Ambriz 0-80 2-05 1-40 



cJ . Adult, Zanzibar (type of C. mi- 



crorln/nclm) .'. 0'70 2-12 1-40 



cS . Imm., Mombas 0-68 2-12 1-60 



cJ . Young, Mombas 0-65 2-05 1-25 



Tarsus, 

 in. 

 0-70 



0-65 

 0'62 

 0-61 



0-65 

 0-65 

 0'65 

 0-64 

 0-G2 



0-56 

 0-54 

 0-52 



a. Southern Race (C. mariquensis). 



a. <S ad. sk. 



b. cJ ad. sk. 



c. S ad. sk. 



d. c5 ad. sk. 

 c. 5 ad. .sk. 



Transvaal (Ay res). 

 Macamac, E. Transvaal. 



Bamangwato, Oct. 17, 1873. 



Tati, Oct. 10, 1873. 



Matabele Countiy, Sept. 29, 

 1873. 

 f, (/. d" ? fid. sk. Makalapsie river, near Sho- 



sboiig, Aug. (F. Oates). 

 h. S ad. sk. Zambesi. 



i. (S ad. sk. Damara Land. 



k. 2 ad. sk. Damara Laud (Andersson). 



I. 2 ad. sk. Otjimbinque, Jidy 7, 18GG 



(Andersson). 

 m, n. (S ad. sk. Ondonga, Ovampo Land, Nov. 



1866 (Andersson). 



R. B, Sharpe, Esq. 

 F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 T. E. Buckley, Esq. 



T. E. Buckley, Esq. 



[P.]. 

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[P.]. 

 W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 C. J. Andersson, Esq. 



[C.]. 

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 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



Antinori's type of C. gonzenbachii. 



