6. CINNTKIS. 75 



Nectarinia verroxii, Janl. Monorp: Sun-birds, pp. 185, 253, pi. 9 



(1843) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p." 7G (1867). 

 Cinnyi-is ven-eaiixi, Bp. C. A. i. p. 407 (1850); Shelley, Monogr. 



Nect. p. -ISl, pi. 90. 

 Adelinus veiTeauxi, Mm^/. /. f. O. 1855, p. 13; Finsch 8,- Hartl. 



Votf. Osf-Afr. p. 861 (1870) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 70. 



Adult male. All tho upper parts ashy grey or brownish ; the 

 feathers of the head, back, and wing-coverts broadly edged with a dull, 

 so to speak, submetallic green, without, however, any strong gloss; 

 tail black-brown ; pectoral tufts brilliant scarlet ; rest of under- 

 parts pale buff, flanks tinged with grey ; cheeks, under wing-coverts, 

 and inner edge of quills almost white. Culmen 1"1 inch, wing 

 2-D-2-7, tail •2-2, tarsus 0-70-0-7-4. 



Adult female is said to bo similar in plumage to the male. 



Hab. South Africa. 



a. c? ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



b. S ad. sk. South Africa. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. c? ad. sk. KiugwiUiamstown, October 1876. Capt. Trevelyan [P.]. 



d. cS ad. sk. Xatal. Purchased. 



29. Cinnyris fischeri. 



Cinuyris fischeri, Reichen. J.f. 0. 1880, p. 142. 



Similar to O. verreauxl, but much smaller. (Eeichenoiu.) 

 Hab. Mozambique. 



30. Cinnyris fusca, 



Le Sucrier Namaquois ou a cale9on blanc, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. 



p. 168, pi. 296 (1808) ; Suiidev. Crit. om Levaill. p. 57 (ISot). 

 Ciun-sTis fuscus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 506 (1819) ; 



id'.Enc. Meth. ii. p. 594 (1823) ; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 60 (1828) ; 



Bj). Consp. Av. i. p. 407, no. 28 (1850) ; Gurney, in Andersson, B. 



Damara Land, p. 71 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. 



p. 317 (1877) ; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 285, pi. 89. 

 Nectarinia fusca, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv. p. 513 (1829) ; Jard. 



Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 183, 252, pi. 8 (1843),- Stricld. S,- Selat. 



Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 153; JIarfl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 51, no. 146 



(1857); id. J.f. O. 1861, p. 109; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 79, 



no. 131 (1867); id. Ibis, 1868, p. 244; Chapman, Tra'v. S. Afr. 



ii. App. p. 407 (1868) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 40, no. 371 (1871) ; 



Bocage, Orn. d' Angola, p. 175 (^1877). 

 Cinnracincla fusca, Beichb. Ilandb. Scansoria, pp. 295, 306, nos. 



692, 718, pi. 580. figs. 3942-44 (1854). 

 Adelina fusca, Bp. Co?nptcs Bendus, 1854, p. 265. 



Adidt male. Wings uniform fuscous brown, the inner webs with 

 paler edgings ; upper tail-coverts black, with a metallic blue gloss ; 

 tail-feathers blackish brown, externally with a faint bluish gloss ; 

 flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; all the rest of the 

 upper and under parts, including edge of wing and under wing- 

 coverts, dusky brown ; most of the feathers, including the lesser 



