6. CINNYRIS. 53 



</, h. <S : i, k. 2 ad. sk. Eylet (Ksler). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



/. c?ad. sk. Maragaz; July 29, 1868 K. B. Sliarpe, Esq. 



(Jesse). 

 7». d ad. sk. Ilor Tanianih, Nubia R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(J. K. Lord). 



13. Cinnyris osea. 

 Cinnyi'is osea, Bp. C. H. xlii. pt. 2, p. 765 (1856). 

 Nectarinia osea, Tristram, Ihis, 1802, p. 277 ; id. Ibis, 1864, p. 2.jO ; 



id. P. Z. 8. 1804, p. 44.-J ; id. Ibis, 1805, p. 72, pi. 2 ; Gould, B. Asm, 



pt. 19 (1807) : Elwes, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 045. 

 Ciunpis osea, Skellei/, Monof/r. Nect. p. 223, pi. 09. 



Adult male. Forehead, cheeks, throat, fore neck, and chest metallic 

 blue, -with a dash of green in position B, and of xnirple in C ; sides 

 of head and neck, mantle, and back mctaUic green, darkest on the 

 up])cr tail-coverts, ver}- dark bluish green in po.sition C ; tail blue- 

 black ; wings and greater coverts, breast, and rest of uuderparts 

 sooty black ; pectoral tufts bright scarlet and yellow. 



The immature males acquire the orange pectoral tufts at an early 

 stage. 



Adult female. Upper parts, including wings, light brown; tail 

 blackish, with small pale tips, and slightly washed with metalhc 

 green ; underparts pale brownish buff, inclining to white on the 

 under tail- and under wing-coverts; abdomen tinged with pale 

 yeUow. 



cJ . Culmen 0-SO inch, wing 2-05-2-15, tail 1-45, tarsus 0-56. 

 ?. „ 0-66 „ „ 1-95, „ 1-40, „ 0-5G. 



Hah. Palestine. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Jericho {E. Young). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



b. cT ad. ; c. S innn. sk. Jeiicho, Jan. 1864'(rm- E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



tram). 

 d, e. (S 2 ad. sk. Jericho. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



14. Cinnyris bouvieri. 



Cmnyris bouvieri, ShcUey, Monogr. Ncct. p. 227, pi. 70. 



Adidt male. Intermediate between C. osea and G. bifas'ciofa or 

 C. microrhyncJin. Differing from the latter in having orange-yeUow 

 pectoral tufts, and the fore neck, checks, and chin metallic purple. 

 From C. osea it differs simply in having the fore neck and throat 

 metallic green, with no trace of blue (the prevailing colour in C. osea), 

 and by the dark reddish pectoral collar like that of C. bifasciata. 



Fem(de. Like the female of C. osea, but the underparts are 

 "creamy white, slightly more yellow on the centre of the breast; 

 lower throat, front, and sides of chest with very indistinct dusky 

 brown central streaks to the feathers " {Shelley). 



(S . Culmen 0-SO inch, wing 2-Uo, tail 1-35, tarsus 0-62. 

 $. „ 0-70 „ „ 2-0, „ 1-35, „ 0-GO. 



Hab. Landana (Congo). 



