92 NECTAKINIXD.'E. 



Coereta guttumlis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 101 (1847); Bp. C. A. i. 



p. 400, no. 3 (1850). 

 Ciniivris nataleusis, Bp. C. A. i. p. 408, no. 3o (1850) ; Cah. Mus. 



IL'in. i. p. 102 (1850). 

 Cinnyi'is discolor, Biancoyii, Spec. Zool. Mosamb. iii. p. 32 (1850, nee 



Vwill.) ; id. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 134. 

 Cinnvris biauconii, Ilartl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 78. 

 Neotarinia seuegalensis, Stricld. Sf Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 152 ; 



Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 80, no. 133 (1867) ; Chapman, Trav. S. Afr. 



ii. App. p. 407 (1808). 

 Chalcomitra gutturalis, Reichb. Handh. Scansorite, p. 277, no. 642 



(1854) ; Gurney, in Andersson^s B. Damara Land, p. 73 (1872). 

 Chalcomitra natalensis, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 278, no. G44, pi. 607. 



fig. 4077, pi. 571. fig. 3893. 

 Cbalcomitra cnientata, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 279, no. 645 (part.). 

 Nectariiiia biancoui, Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 320 ; Gray, lland-l. B. i. 



p. 107, no. 1308 (1809); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 39, no. 365 



(1871). 

 Nectariuia gutturalis, Ilartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 824 ; Sperlinq, Ibis, 



ISG-^, p. 289 ; Gray, Ilund-l. B. i. p. 107, no. 1307 (1869) ; 'Sharpe, 



P. Z. S. 1809, p.' 566 ; Finsch ^- Ilartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 216 



(1870) ; Sharj7e, Cat. Afr. B. p. 39, no. 364 (1871) ; Buckley, Ibis, 



1874, p. 374; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 70; Bocaye, Jorn. Lisb. 1876, 



p. 6. 

 Nectarinia gutturalis, Bocaqe, Jorn. Lisb. 1868, p. 2, 1873, p. 197, 



1874, p. 51, 1876, pp. lol, 162, 1877, p. 66; id. Orn. d'Anyola, 



p. 164 (1877); Fischer, J.f. O. 1877, pp. 178, 208; id. S^ Reidten. 



torn. cit. p. 260. 

 Cinnvris gutturalis, Sharpe, ed. LayarWs B. S. Afr. p. 311 (1876) ; 



Shelley, Monoyr. Ned. p. 261, pi." 81 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, pi. 570. 



Adult male. Anterior half of crown, cheeks, and upper half of 

 throat metallic black, splendid dark green (throat golden green) in 

 position B ; a patch near the shoulder purplish blue in positions B and 

 C, otherwise metallic black ; feathers of the centre of the lower fore 

 neck and the whole chest brilliant crimson-red, and with a metallic 

 subterminal blue bar, which gives these parts a brilliant mottled 

 appearance ; wings and tail dark golden brown ; all the rest of the 

 bodj', including the sides of the head, the upper half of the throat, 

 under and lesser wing-coverts, blackish chocolate-brown, sometimes 

 inclining to sooty black on the underparts ; under surface of quills 

 rich golden brown ; inner webs without paler edges. Culmen 1- 

 1-2 inch, v\nng 2-7-3-1, tail 2-2, tarsirs 0-70. 



Female. Upper parts and sides of head earthy brown ; most 

 of the wing-coverts edged with Avhite ; tail faintly tipped vsdth 

 whitish ; underparts mottled with yellowish and brownish buff, 

 especially on the fore neck and chest. Wing 2'75 inches. 



Ohs. The smallest specimens of C. gutturalis occur in the Zanzibar 

 district, the largest in Natal. 



Hah. East Africa from Mombas to the Zambesi, and southwards 

 to Natal, occurring in Damara Land, Benguela, and Angola on the 

 western side of the continent. 



