6. cixxYiiis. 49 



1871, pp. 133, 009, Glo; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 38, no. 355 (1871); 

 Hhdleij 4'- Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 287 ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 59 ; 

 Beicfwnow, J. f. 0. 1875, p. 31 ; Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche ^-c. 

 p. 13 ; BocMje, Orn. cFAm/ola, p. l(io (1877). 

 Cbromatopliora superba, Beichb. Ilundh. Scansorics, p. 283, no. 656, 

 pi. 569. tig. 3878 (1851). 



yUhdt male. Wings, greater coverts, and tail uniform black ; rest 

 of upper parts, head, and neck all round metallic black ; in position 

 E the crown of the head brilliant dark green, the fore neck and throat 

 beautiful dark blue, the rest of the metallic parts brilliant golden 

 green ; in position C the crown blue, the fore neck purple, mantle 

 and back blackish green ; chest and breast dark red ; rest of undcr- 

 parts, including the under wing-coverts, black. No pectoral tufts. 



Oh». The dark red colour frequently extends over the abdomen 

 and over the under tail-coverts. 



Female. Upper parts olive; wings, wing-coverts, and tail brown, 

 narrowly edged with olive-yellow; tail with pale tips ; superciliary 

 line, cheeks, throat, and fore neck pale dingy yellowish, with an 

 olive tinge, changing more and more into purer yellow towards 

 the breast ; abdomen and under tail-coverts orange-yellow ; under 

 wing-coverts yellowish white. 



In the immature males the metallic colours first appear on the 

 ulnar coverts, rump, and crown, then on the fore neck &c. 

 d" . Culmen l-2-l"35 inch, wing 2-7-2-S5, taU 1*S, tarsus 0-75. 

 ?. „ 1-2-1-4 „ „ 2-G-2-70, „ 1-6-1-7, „ 0-75. 



Ilah. West Africa, fi'om the Gold Coast to Angola. 



a. (Jad.sk. Wassaw (i?//s.se<i). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



b. 5 ad. sk. Fantee (Aubitin). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. jad.sk. Fantee (C-'s»7(£r). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 (l,e. cJ 2 ad.sk. Abrobonko, Fantee, Jan. 1871 R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



(Uss/ier). 



f. J ad.sk. Asbautee. J. Gould, Esq. 



ff. (S ad. sk. Cameroous, Feb. 18, 1871 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(Crosslet/). 



h. S imm. sk. Gaboon. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(moulting). 



i. $ ad. sL Gaboon {Da ChailUi). R. B. Sharpe. Esq. 



k. $ ad. sk. Gaboon, Oct. 1853. R. B. Sharped Esq. 



/, m. (S ad. sk. Angola {Hamilton). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



10. Cinnyris johannae. 



Cinnvi'is johannse, Ven-. Bev.et Mag. Zool. 1851, p.- 314; Beichb. 

 Haiulb. Scansorice, p. 290, no. 674 (1864) ; Shelley, Monogr. Neat. 

 p. 199, pi. 61. 



Nectarinia johannae, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 134 ; Hartl. Orn. 

 Westafr. p. 45, no. 128 (1857) ; Cass. Pr. Philad. Avud. 18.59, 

 p. 37 ; Grail, Hand-l. B. i. p. 106, no. 1291 (1869) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 478; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 38, no. 356 (1871); Shelky $■ 

 Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 287 ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 59 ; Bouvier, 

 Cut. Ois. Marche <^c. p. 13. 



Nectarinia fasciata, Jard. 8r Fraser, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 59 ; Hartl. 

 Orn. Wc^tafr. p. 47, no. 132 (1857). 



Cinnyris fasciata, Beichb. Handb. Scansorite, p. 289, no. 671 (1854). 



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