6. CINXTKIS. 77 



a, b. S ad. sk. Socotra, Feb. 27 & 28, 1880 British Association 



{Bmfour). [P.]. 



c, d. o' $ ad. sk. Socotra, March 1880 (Bal- British Association 



/"«'•)• [P.]- 



(Types of species.) 



32. Cinnyris obscura. 



Nectarinia obsciu'a, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 253 (1842) ; id. 



S( Selbxj, HI. Orn. 1842, pi. 51 ; Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851 ; Hartl. 



Oni. W.-Afr. pp. 50, 271 (1857) ; id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 109: Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 108, no. 1321 (1869) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 478; 



id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 38, no. 353 (1871); Shelleij S,- Buckley, Ibis, 



1872, p. 287 ; Beichenou; J.f. O. 1875, p. 31. 

 Cinnyris obscurus, Bp. C. A. i. p. 407, no. 26 (1850); Sharpe ^ 



Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zuol. France, i. p. 304 (1876) ; Shelley, Monogr. 



Nect. p. 291, pi. 92. 

 Adelina obscm-a, Bp. Comptes Bendus, 1854, p. 265. 

 Elaeocerthia obscura, Beichb. Randb. Scajisoria, p. 293, no 684, 



pi. 578. iijjs. 3935-36 (1854). 

 Nectarinia fraseri, Dohrn, P. Z. S. 1866, p. .826. 

 Adelinus obscurus, Oust. N. Arch. Mtis. i. p. 88 (1878). 



BUI of Cinnyris obscura. 



Adult male. All the upper jiarts dark olive, darkest on the 

 crown ; wings and tail broyrn, edged with olive-yellow, the tail with 

 pale tips ; all the underparts dingy white, washed with yellowish, 

 especially on the flanks ; bright yellow pectoral tufts ; sides of head 

 mottled with dingy white and dark olive ; under wing-coverts white. 

 Culmen 0-95 inch, wing 2-4-2-6, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-6o. 



Female. Without the yellow pectoraltufts; underparts dingy white, 

 more inclining to greyish than to yellow. Wing 2-1-2-2 inches. 



In immature birds the yeUow colour on the underparts is very 

 pronounced. 



Hub. West Africa. 



Obs. This bird, but for its bill, strongly resembles certain species 

 of Arachnothera. 



a. Imm. sk. Ashanti. J. Gould, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Fantee. A. Swanzy, Esq. [P.]. 



c. d, e. Ad. sk. Fantee ( TJssher). B. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 /, g,h. Juv. sk. Fantee (Aubimi). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 t. Ad. sk. Prince's Island {Keule- E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



7nans). 



k. Imm. sk. Prince's Island (IngaU). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



/, m. $ imm. sk. Fernando Po {F-aser). T. C. Evton, Esq. 



n, o. Ad. sk. Fernando Po. L. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 



p,q. cJ 2 ad. sk. Cameroons. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



r, s. 2 ad. sk. Gaboon. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



t. Ad. .sk. Gaboon (I)u CJiaillu). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



u. At' ek. /Vngola {Hamilton). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



