6. ciNmrEis. 



79 



Adult male. Anterior half of crown and whole throat metallic, 

 with a greenish-blue gloss : sides of head and neck and all the rest 

 of the body smoky brown, much paler on the breast, and inclining 

 to ashy grey on the abdomen and flanks ; pectoral tufts pale sulphur- 

 yellow. Culmeu 1 inch, wiug 2-7, tail 2- 1-2-3, tarsus 0-7. 



Female. "Wings and tail brown ; each feather edged with olive 

 like the rest of the upper parts : underparts dull white ; throat 

 and ear-coverts washed with pale brown ; flanks and under tail- 

 coverts inclining to dingy olive-yellow ; ociLlar region whitish ; bill 

 and feet black. Wing 2-5 inches. 



Hab. Guinea. 



a. 2 ad. st. 



b, c. S 2 ad. sk. 

 d. S ad. sk. 

 ^ff^ff- <S inim.sk. 

 h. 2 ^- sk. 



i. c? ad. sk. 



A-. cJ ad. sk. 

 /. (S ad. sk. 

 m. cJ ad. sk. 



W. Africa. 



W. Africa. 



Fantee. 



Fantee (Aubinn). 



Fantee ( Ussh/r). 



Abrokonko, Jau. 1871 



{UssJier). 

 Gaboon {Du Chaillu). 

 R. Ogowe {Marche). 

 Angola. 



L. Fraser, Esq. [C.]. 

 L. Fraser, Esq. [C]. 

 A. Swanzj, Esq. [P.]. 

 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 J. J. Monteiio, Esq. [C.]. 



36. Cinnyris dussumieri. 



Nectaruiia dussumieri, Hartl. J. f. 0. 1860, p. 340 ; E. Keiotmi, P. Z. S. 



1867, p. 344 ; id. Ibis, 1867, pp. 336, 341, 359 ; Hartl. Vog. Madag. 



p. 90 (1877). 

 Nectarinia seychellensis, Hartl. Orn, Madag. p. 35 (1861) ; Gray, 



Hand-l B. i. p. 107, no. 1302. 

 Cinnyris dussumieri, Shelleij, Alonogr. Nect. p. 293, pi. 93. 



Adult male. All the upper parts, including the wings and the 

 sides of the head, smoky brown ; the feathers of the crown 

 slightly edged with metallic green ; tail black, with whitish tips ; 

 whole fore neck and chest metallic black-blue ; large bright orange- 

 coloured pectoral tufts ; fore neck and chest ash j' brown. Culmen 

 0-85 inch, wing 2-4, tail 1-G, tarsus 0-7. 



Female without the pectoral tufts ; fore neck and chest ashy brown ; 

 under wing-coverts almost white. Wing '2-2 inches. 



Hab. Seychelle Islands. 



a. 2 ad. sk. 



b. (^ ad. sk. 



c. S ad. sk. 



Sevchelles, Jan. 29, 1867. 

 Seychelles, Feb. 15, 1867 



{E. Neicton). 

 Seychelles, Feb. 16, 1867. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



37. Cinnyris hartlaubi. 



Nectarinia hartlaubii, Verr. in Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 50, no 148 

 (1857) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 109 ; Bofirn, P. Z. S. 1866. p. .326; 

 Grag, Hand-l. B.'l p. 108, no. 1324 (1869) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 

 p. 37, no 346 (187n : Borage, Orn. d' Angola, p. 179 (1877)." 



Cinnj-ris harilaubi, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 295, pi. 94. 



