82 KT;CTAEI^^lDiE. 



and the rest of the upper parts olive-yellow, brightest on the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts ; pectoral tufts rich oraugo-ycUow ; 

 axillarics and under wing-coverts white ; breast pale grey, changing 

 into ycUow on the Hanks and abdomen ; thighs and under tail- 

 coverts yellow ; bill much shorter than in C. verticalis. Culmen 

 O-G-0-8 inch, wing 2-30-2-6U, tail 2, tarsiis 0-70. 



Aihtlt female. All the upper parts olive-brown ; tail blackish, 

 edged with olive and slightly ;ii)ped with white ; superciliary streak, 

 cheeks, and underparts pale olive-yellow. Wing 2-2 inches. 



Immature males have the crown olive-brown, the fore neck smoky 

 blackish. 



Hah. Guinea. 



a. (S ad. sk. Gaboon. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



b, c. cS imm. sk. River Volta (Usshe?-). E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



SIXTH GEOUP {Cyrtostomus). 



The species of this group have the upper parts olive-ycUow ; wings 

 and greater coverts brown, edged with the colour of the back ; inner 

 web of quills edged with white ; tail black, most of the feathers 

 largely tipped with white ; cheeks aud the Avhole of the fore 

 neck and chest metallic blackish blue ; pectoral tufts well deve- 

 loped; breast aud rest of underparts yellow or orange, except 

 in C. zenohia, where they are only blackish ; under wing-coverts 

 yellowish white. — Indo-Malayan. 



40. Cinnyris Solaris. 



Nectarinia Solaris, Temm. PL Col. pi. 347. fig. 3 (1825) ; Jard. 

 Monogr. Sun-hircls, pp. 215, 266 (1842) ; -S'. Midi. Sf Schl. Natuurl. 

 Gesch., Aves, p. 60, pi. 8. fig. 5 (1846) ; Grmj, Gen. B. i. p. 98 

 (1847) ; Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 486 ; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, 

 p. 168 (186.5). 



Ciuuyris Solaris, Less. Man. iPOrn. ii. p. 31 (1828) ; id. Traited^Orn. 

 i. p. 297, no. 25 (1831) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. pp. 225, 228, 

 no. 1.365 (1849); Bp. C. A. i. p. 408, no. 42 (1850); Wallace, 

 Ibis, 1861, p. 350; Shelley, Monogr. Ned. p. 171, pi. 54. 



Anthreptes Solaris, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 56 (1854). 



Cyrtostomus Solaris, Beichb. Handb. Scansori^, p. 308, no. 725, 

 pi. .589. figs. 3905-90 (18-54). 



Aracliuotliera Solaris, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 112, no. 1386 (1869). 



Ai-achnechthra Solaris, Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 32. 



Adult male. Forehead, cheeks, fore neck, and chest metallic green 

 in position B, inclining to blue in position C ; central streak from 

 chin to chest always purple ; preocular region black ; no superciliary 

 streak ; rest of upper parts olive-yellow ; pectoral tufts bright 

 yellow ; breast rich orange-red, changing into orange-yellow on the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts ; flanks washed witb olive-yellow ; 



