52 • KECTAEINIID.T2. 



12. Cinnyris habessinica. 



Nectariuia habessinica, Hempr. ^ Ehr. Symh. Phys. Zool. i. Av. pi. 4 



(182S) ; MuU. J. f. O. 1855, p. 15 ; Jleuyl. Faun. roth. Meer. 

 p. 21 (18(51); Finsch, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii. p. 229 (1869); id. 

 cy Ilarfl. Viiff. Ost-Afr. p. 221 (1870) ; Blatif. Geol. Sr Zool. Abyss. 

 p. 351 (1870); Ileiiffl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 229 (1871). 

 Nectariiiia purpm-ata, Kittl. Kupf. Nat. Voy. p. 22, pi. 28. fig. 1 



(1833); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 98 (1847) ; Heuyl. J. f. O. 1864, 



p. 262. 

 Cinnviis gularis, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. p. 88, pi. 31. fig. 2 (1835) ; 



Ferr. et Gal Voif. Ah/ss. iii. p. 248 (1847) ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 406 



(1850) ; Reichenh. Ha'ndb. Scans, p. 291, pi. 577. fig. 3931 (1854). 

 Cinnyris abessinica, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. p. 90 (1835). 

 Nectariuia habyssinica, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 28 (1845) ; Heuyl. 



Syst. Uebers. p. 20 (1850). 

 ? Soui-manga a collier, Lefebvre, Voy. Abyss., Ois. p. 88 (1845-50). 

 Nectarinia gularis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 98 (1847) ; Seuyl. J. f. O. 



1864, p. 262. 

 Nectarinia abyssinica, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 98 (1847) ; Sclat. S;- Strickl. 



Cuntr. Orn. 1852, p. 124. 

 Cinnyris abyssiuicus, i^e>T. e< Gal. Voy. Abyss, iii. p. 248 (1847); 



Ant. ^' Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. iv. p. 451 (1873). 

 Cinnyi-is habessinicus, Bp. C. A. i. p. 406 (1850) ; Cab. 3Ius. Hein. i. 



p. 101 (1850); Reichenb. Handb. Seansor. p. 288, pi. 574. figs. 3910 



-12 (1854) ; Shelley, Monoyr. Nect. p. 205, pi. 63. 

 Cinnyris pui-pua'atiis, Bp. C. A. i. p. 406; Reichenb. t. c. pi. 576. 



fig. 3924. 

 Cinnyi'is habyssinicus, Bp. C. R. 1854, p. 205. 

 Nectarinia lucida, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 55 (1854) ; Heuyl. J. f. O. 



1864, p. 202. 

 Nectarinia habessynica. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 100, no. 1280 (1869). 



Adult male. Similar to C sj)lencUda. Upper tail-coverts short, 

 covering less than half of the tail ; only the anterior half of the 

 crown metallic purplish blue ; whole fore ueck, throat, and chest 

 brilliant metallic green ; a very broad band of crimson-red across the 

 chest, only a few feathers of which have blue bars ; pectoral tufts 

 pale yellow. 



Adult female. General colour above pale earthy brown ; quills 

 light brown, with pale edges to the inner webs ; throat, cheeks, 

 supercilia, and under wing-coverts whitish ; rest of underparts very 

 pale earthy brown ; centre of abdomen washed with pale yellow ; 

 tail-feathers blackish brown, some with white tips. 



S . Culmen 085 inch, wing 2-6-2-7, tail 1-8-1-9, tarsus 0-65. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa. 



a. cJ ad. sic. Abyssinia. Purchased. 



b. d" fid. st. Shoa (Harris). India Museum. 



c. (S ad. sk. Alia Amba, Feb. 1842 India Museum. 



{Ha7-ris). 



d,e. 6 9. ad. sk. Senate Pass, 3000 feet, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



Feb. 17, 1868. [C.]. 



f. cJ inim. sk. Undid Wells, 3500 feet, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



May 31, 1868. [C.]. 



