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74 NECXARINIID^. 



A;, /. J ad, sk. N. Ceram. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C] 



m. S ad. sk. Batchian ( Wallace). Gould Collection. 



?j. c? iuv. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq 



0, p. (S ad. sk. Matabello Island. A. R, Wallace, Esq 



2G. Cinnyris sanghirensis. 



Clialcostetha sangirensis, Meyer, Sitz. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixx. p. 124 



(1874). 

 Hermotiinia sanghirensis, Salvad. AtfiR. Ace. Torin. x. p. 233, pi. 1. 



fig. 2 (1874); id. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. ix. p. 66 (187G) ; id. 



Atti R. Ace. Torin. xii. p. 311 (1877). 

 Cinnyi-is sangirensis, SJielley, Monogr. Nect. p. 97, pis. 33 & 32. fig. 2. 



Adult male. Similar to C. jjorphyrolmna, but with the centre 

 of the throat coppery bronze ; crown golden green. Culmen 0-65 

 inch, wing 2*40 . 



Adult female differs from the other females of the Hermotimia 

 group in having the head olive and yellow, instead of grey ; all the 

 upper parts of the body are olive-yellow ; upper tail-coverts and 

 tail-feathers black, the latter largely tipped with white ; under 

 surface sulphur-yellow, tinted with olive on the sides. 



Youny males are like the females, but with a long moustachial 

 streak of coppery blue ; throat more or less shaded with orange- 

 vellow, but non-metallic. 



Hah. Sanghir Islands. 



27. Ciimyris theresae. 



Cinnyris aspasia (pt.), Rosenberg, J. f. O. 1864, p. 123. 

 Nectarinia aspasia (pt.), Finscli, Neu-Guinea,^. 163 (1865). 

 Chalcostetha chlorolsema, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vi. p. 77 



(1874). 

 Hermotimia theresia, Salvad. Atti R. Ace. Torin. x. pp. 208, 214, 



cum tab. fig. 1 (1874), xii. p. 300 (1877). 

 Cinnyris theresffi, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 125, pi. 41. 



Entire crown, chin and throat, median and least wing-coverts, 

 lower back, rump, upper wing-coverts, and outer edges of the tail- 

 feathers rich metallic golden green ; rest of plumage velvet indigo- 

 black. Culmen 0-8 inch, wing 2'35. 



Hah. Key or Kei Islands. 



FIETH GROUP (C. olivacea and allies). 



The species of this group are remarkable either for the total 

 absence of metallic colours in the plumage, or for these colours 

 being restricted to the throat or crown ; upper parts generally 

 olive. Pectoral tufts present. Nostrils bare. — African. 



28. Cinnyris verreauxi. 



Cinnyris verroxii. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1831, p. 13 ; id. III. 

 Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pi. 57 (1839). 



