78 NECTAKINlIDiE. 



33. Cinnyris olivacea. 



Cinnyris olivacea, Smi/h, III. S. Afr. Zool. in text to pi. 67 (1839) ; 



Bp. C. A. I. p. 407 ; Sharpe, ed. 'LayanVs B. S. Afr. p. 310(1876) ; 



Shelley, Monoyr. Nect. p. 289, pi. 91. 

 Nectariiiia olivacea, Jard. Monoip-. Sun-Urds, pp. 186, 253 (1843) ; 



Lmiard, B. S. Afr. p. 78 (1867) ; Finsch Sf Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. 



p. 225 (1870) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 70. 

 Elseocerthia olivacea, lieichenb. Handb. Scansor. p. 292 (1854). 

 Adelina olivacea, i?/?. Comptes Rendus, 1854, p. 265. 



Bill of Cinnyris oHvacca. 



In South Africa C. obscura is represented by a larger-billed and 

 richer-coloured form. The pectoral tufts are gamboge-yellow ; all 

 the rest of the underparts are of a vivid jellowish-olive colour, more 

 inclining to yellow on the throat, and to greenish on the flanks ; 

 under wing-coverts whitish. Culmen l-O-l-lS inch, wing 2'4— 2*70, 

 tail 2-0-2-3, tarsus 0-65. 



Female. According to Shelley, similar to the male in plumage, 

 includiug the yellow pectoral tufts. Wing 2*40 inches. 



Hah. Natal. 



Ohs. One apparently very old male from Pinetown, March 20, has 

 a faint glossy lustre ou the crown and hind neck ; the pectoral tufts 

 are very bright ; central pair of tail-feathers 2*4 inches long. 



a. (S ad. sk. Pinetown, March 20 {Ay res). R. B. Sliai-pe, Esq. 



b. S ad. sk. Port Xatal. Pi. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c. 5 ad. sk. Natal. Dr. Gueinzius [C.]. 

 <?.[$] ad. sk. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



34. Cinnyris olivacina. 



Cinupis olivacina, Peters, J. f. 0. 1881, p. 50. 



Similar to C. olivacea, but smaller. {Peters.) 

 Hah. Inhambane. 



35. Cinnyris cyanolsema. 



Nectarinia cyauolasma, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 154; Hartl. Orn. 

 W.-Afr. p. 51, no. 147 (1857) ; Cass. P: Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 36, 

 no. 42; Hartl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 110 ; id. J. f. 0. 1860, p. 136 ; 

 id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 109 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. \. p. 108, no. 1318 

 (1869) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 477 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 37, no. 345 

 (1871); id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 133; Ussher,^ Ibis, 1874, p. 58; 

 Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche ^-c. p. 13 (1875) ; Bocaye, Orn. (I Angola, 

 p. 176(1877). 



Anthodiseta cyanolffima, Eeichb. Handb. Scansorice, p. 294, no. 688 

 (1854). 



Cinnyris cyanolsemu.*, Sharpe Sf Bouvier, Bull. S. Z. France, i. p. 41 

 (1876) ; 'Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 297, pi. 95. 



