6. CINNTEIS. 



93 



a, b, c. c? ad. sk. 



d. S ad. sk. 



e. cJ ad. sk, 

 /. (S ad. sk. 

 (J. c? ad. St. 

 /i. S ad. .sk. 



2. c? iium. sk. 

 h. 5 ad. sk. 

 /. (S ad. ; m. cJ 



jiiv. sk. 

 M. S ad. sk. 

 0. c? ad. sk. 

 p. (S ad. sk. 



Mombasa ( Wakefield). 

 Mombasa. 



Zanzibar. 

 Zanzibar (Kirk). 

 Mozambique. 

 Mozambique. 

 Zambesi. 



Shupanga, Zambesi. 

 Tete, Zambesi. 



Zambesi (Meller). 

 Makalaka Comitry. 

 Impakwe lliver (J^. Oates). 



q. c? ad. sk. Tati, March {F. Oates). 



r. 2 ad. sk. 

 8. 6\t,u. 5 ad.sk 

 V. S imm. sk. 

 to. 2 ad. sk. 



X. 2 ad. ; ij. 6 



juv. sk. 

 a. $ ad. sk. 

 a'. 2 ad. sk. 



6'. S ad. sk. 



c', d'. S imiii- sk. 



e'. cS ad. sk. 



/'. c? ad. sk. 



Bamaugwato, Oct. 19. 



Port Natal. 



Port Natal. 



Elephant Yley, Damara 



Land, Oct. 9 (C. J. 



Atulersson). 

 Otjimbinque, Aug. and Sept. 



(C. J. A.). 

 Otjimbinque, Sept. (C. J. A.). 

 Omaubonde, Nov. 2.3 



(C.J. A.). 

 Benguela. 



Kattenbella, Benguela (Sala), 

 Rio Chimba {A)ic7iieta). 

 Columbo, Rio Quanza (Mon- 



teiro). 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 Rev. H. Fowell Buxton 



[P.]. 

 Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Prof. Biancoui [P.]. 

 Dr. Gueiuzius [C.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Sir J. Ivirk [CI. 

 Sir- J. Kirk [0.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Dr. F. Bradshaw [C.j. 

 W. E. and C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 W. E. and C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 T. E. Buckley, Esq. [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 Purchased. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



J. J. Monteiro,Esq. [C.]. 

 R, B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



49. Cinnyris cruentata. 



Cinnyris proteus, Riipp. Ncue Wirbeltli. p. 91 (1835). 



Nectariuia cruentata, Itiipp. Syst. Ucbers. pp. 26, 28, pi. 9 (1845) ; 



Heugl. Syst. Ucbers. Viig. N.O.-Afr. p. 21 (1856); id. J. f. O. 



1861, p. 194; id. Reise tceiss. i\7/,"p. .3.37 (1869) ; Finsch, Trans. 



Zool. Soc. vii. p. 229 (1869) ; id. ^- Sartl. Voy. Ost-Afr. p. 217, 



note (1870) ; Blanf. Geol. ^- Zool. Abyss, p. 352 (1870) ; Beiu/l. 



Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 228 (1871). 

 Soui-manga a poitiine ensanglant^e, Lefebvre, Voy. Abyss, p. 87 



(1845-50). 

 Cinnyris crueutatus, Ferr, et Gal. Voy. Abyss, iii. p. 248 (1847) ; 



Bp. C. A. i. p. 406 (1850) ; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 259, pi. 80. 

 Nectariuia natfdensis, Sclat. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 124. 

 Chalcomitra cruentata, Reichenb. Handh, Scunsor. p. 279, pi. 567, 



iigs. 3SG4-05 (1854) ; Antin. ^- Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Oen. iv. 



p. 450 (1873). 



Adult male. Like C. gutturalis, but with the upper throat choco- 

 late-black instead of metallic green ; wings and tail slightly paler 

 brown than in the other species ; a streak along the cheeks rich 

 metallic green, ending with blue. Culmen 1 inch, wing 2-8, tail 

 2'2, tarsus 0*G5. 



