54 NECTAKINIID^. 



15. Cinnyris notata. 



Griinpereau noir de Madaf^ascar, Buff. PI. Enl. 575. figs. 2, 3. 

 Oerthia notata, P. i. S. Miill. Si/st. Nat., Anhmiff,y>. 99, no. 32 (1776, 



ex Buf.); Cass. Pi: Philad. Acad. 1864, p. 244 ; Walde7i, Ibis. 



1870, p. 24. 

 Loten's Creeper (part.), Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 715, no. 10 (1802) ; 



id. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 285, no. 24 (1822). 

 L'Augala-dian, And. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 19, pLs. 3, 4 (1802). 

 Certlua aiijialadiana, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 194, pi. 27 (1811). 

 Ciuu^ ris loteuius, Viei'l. N. Diet. d'Hisf. Nat. xxxi. p. 493 (1819) ; 



(part.), Bonn, et Vieill. Eve. Meth. ii. p. 590 (1823); Less. 



Man.d'Orn. ii. p. 25 (1828) ; id. Traite d'Orn. i. p. 294, no. 11 



(1831). 

 Cinnyris madagascariensis, Quorj et Galmard, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. 



i. p. 225 (1830). 

 Nectariuia augaladiana, Javd. Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 276 (1843) : 



Ifartl. J. f. O. 1800, p. 89 ; id. Faun. Madag. p. 52 (1861) ; Sclater, 



P. Z. «'."1803, p. 102 ; A. Neioton, P. Z. S. 1804, p. 835; Ven: in 



Vins. Voy. Madac/., Ann.B, p. 2 (1865) ; Schl. P. Z. S. 1800, p. 421; 



Grand. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1867, p. 355 ; Schl. Sf Poll. Faun. Madag. 



p. 07 (1868) ; Graij, Iland-l. B. i. p. 109, no. 1336 (1809) : Sharpe, 



Cat. Afr. B. p. 38, no. 354 (1871) ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. p. 89 



(1877) ; Milno-Edicards Sf Grand. Faun. Madag., Ois., Atlas, ii. 



pis. cvi., cvii., cvii a. 

 Cinnyris angaladiana, Bj). C. A. i. p. 407, no. 22 (1850). 

 Angaladiana madagascariensis, Reichb. Handb. Scansorice, p. 285, 



no. OGO, pi. 573. figs. 3902-4 (1854). 

 Nectarinia notata, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 317. 

 Cinnyris notatus, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 195, pi. 59. 



Adult male. Without any pectoral tufts. Black all round in 

 position A ; wings, greater coverts, tail, uuder wing-coverts, breast, 

 and abdomen uniform blue-black, all the rest of the upper parts 

 brilliant green in position B, brilliant blue with a greenish or 

 purple gloss in C ; ulnar coverts and an indistinct band across the 

 chest purplish blue. 



Female. General colour above earthy brown ; feathers of crown 

 with darker centres; wings and their coverts dark brown, some of 

 the feathers with a slight metallic gloss, edged with brownisli ; 

 inner webs broadly edged with whitish ; tail-feathers black, edged 

 with white ; superciHum, cheeks, and all the underparts pale yellow, 

 brightest on the abdomen ; fore neck and breast much mottled with 

 brown, the centres of the feathers being of that colour. 



S . Culmen 1-15-1-20 inch, wing 1-8, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-65. 



$ . Culmen l'l-l-2 inch, wing 1-5-1-6, tail l'55-l-70, tarsus 0-63. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



a. c?; b, c. § ad. sk. Madagascar. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [C.]. 



d, e. S ad. sk. Central Madagascar. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



/. [ 5 ] ad. sk. Mohambo, Madagascar. T. Gerrard, Esq. [C.]. 



g. S ad. sk. Madagascar. Mr. A. Crossley. 



