6. CINNTEIS. 56 



16. Cinnyris cuprea. 



Soui-manga tricolor, Aud. et Vicill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 45, pi. 23 (1802). 

 Soui-manga rouge dor6, Aud. et Vieill. torn. cit. p. 49, pi. 27. 

 Certhia cuprea, Shaw, Gen. Zool. yiii. p. 201 (1811). 

 Certliia rubrofusca, Shaw, torn. cit. p. 222 {ex Atid. et Vieill. pi. 27). 

 Certhia aurata, Bechst. Kurse Uehers. p. 193 (1812, ex Aud. et Vieill. 



Cmnvris rubrofuscus, Cuv. Eegne Anim. i. p. 412 (1817) ; Less. Man. 



d'Orn. ii. p. 45 (1828) ; id. Traite d'Orn. i. p. 296 (1831) ; Bp. 

 C. A. i. p. 40G, uo. 21 (1831). 

 Cinnyris nibarus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 512 (1819) ; 



Bonn, et Vieill. JEiic. 3Ieth. p. 597 (1823). 

 Cinnyris tricolor, Vieill. K Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 573 (1819) ; 



Bonn, et Vicill. Enc. Meth. p. 588 (1823). 

 Red-gilt Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 258 (1822). 

 Cinnyris nigrogaster, Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 600 (1823). 

 Cinnyris cupreus, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 47 (1828) ; Bp. C. A. i. 



p. 406, no. 3 (1850) ; Sharpe ^ Botivier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 



1876, p. 42 ; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 191, pi. 58. 

 Nectariuia nibarus, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv. p. 514 (1829). 

 Nectarinia tricolor, Drapiez, torn. cit. p. 515. 



Cinnyris erylbronotus, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 130, pi. 15 (1837). 

 Nectariuia rubrofusca, Jard. Monocp: Sun-birds, p. 187 (1842) ; Gran, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 108, no. 1330 (1869). 

 Nectariuia cuprea, Jard. Monoqr. Sun-birds, p. 254 (1842) ; Hartl. 



Orn. W.-Afr. pp. 48, 270 (1857) ; Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 



1859, p. 35; Heine, J.f. 0. 1860, p. 136; Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, 



p. 109; Heuql. lieise weissen Nil, p. 337 (1869) ; Grai/, Hand-l. 



B. i. p. 108, uo. 1328 (1869); Hetu/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. -p. 231 



(1871) ; Lteichenoto, J. f. O. 1875, p. 30 ; Bocaye, Orn. d' Angola, 



p. 173 (1877). 

 Aidemonia cuprea, Eeichb. Handb. Scansorice, p. 284, no. 658, pi. 571. 



figs. 3894-95 (1854). 

 Nectarinia porphvrola?ma, Hexigl. Syst. Uebers. Vog. N.O.-Afr. 



p. 20 (1856). 

 Nectarinia clialcea, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, pp. 337, 341 ; Boeage, Jam. 



Lisb. 1866, p. 1.35, 1876, p. 262; id. J.f. O. 1876, p. 418; id. Orn. 



dAngola, p. 174 (1877). 

 Nectariuia fulgens, Wiirt. Icon. Av. pi. 58, teste Heugl. J. f. O. 1867, 



p. 300. 

 Aideuionia cuprea, Oust. Nouv. Arch. Mus. i. p. 92 (1878). 



Adult male. Entirely metallic black in position A. In position B, 

 head and neck all round strong copperj' red, changing into beautiful 

 purplish red on the lower back, upper tail- and smaller 'wing-coverts ; 

 all these parts changing into coppery green in position C. No pectoral 

 tufts. Culmen Ow inch, wing 2-25, tail 1*7, tarsus Q-G. 



Female. Upper parts pale earthy brown with an olive tinge ; tail 

 blackish, witli pale tips ; wings brown, edged with olive ; under- 

 parts, including the under wing-coverts, uniform dingy yellow ; 

 inner web of quills edged with white. Wing 2-0-2-1 inches. 



Ohs. The type specimen of C chalcea of Hartlaub does not differ 

 in the slightest from the typical G. cuprea. 



Hah. West Afi-ica. 



