6. CISNTEIS. 95 



Neclavinia cruentata (pt._), Heugl. J.f. O. 1864, p. 20J; id. Si/st. 



Uebers. p. 21 (1850). 

 Nectariuia acik, Aiitin. J.f. 0. 1866, p. 205; Heiif/l Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



i. p. i';JO (1871) ; Fimch ^- Hartl. Vwj. Ost-Afr. pp. 217, 861 



Nectariuia senegalensis yel acii, Heual. Reise tveiss. i\7/, p. 337 



(1869). 

 Cinnyris acik, Shelley, Monoyr. Nect. p. 265, pi. 82. 



Adult mule. Closely allied to C. r/uituralis, but smaller iu size, 

 and the red colour extending beyond the chest over the greater part 

 of the breast, while the metallic bars have a greenish gloss instead of 

 blue in position B ; wings and tail golden brown, and much paler 

 than in C. r/Htturalis; shoulders and least wing-coverts without any 

 metallic colours. Culmen O-Uo inch, wing 2-6-2-7, tail 1-7, tarsus 

 0-G5. 



Adult female. Fore neck diill blackish ; rest of undcrparts dingy 

 yellow mottled with brown ; wing-coverts, and sometimes the tail, 

 edged with white. The female of this species therefore resembles 

 that of C. cruentata in its underparts and C. gutluralis in its upper 

 parts. Wing 2-5 inches. 



Obs. Specimens from the ^\Tiitc-Xile district (C. acik) are said 

 to have the wings and the tail as dark as these parts are in C. c/ut- 

 turalis, " the metallic bars on the scarlet feathers being steel-blue, 

 aud only slightly glossed with green." In size, in the absence 

 of metallic coloiu's on the shoulders, and in other respects they 

 resemble C. sinegcdensis perfectly. These specimens appear to be 

 diftereut only if compared with C. cruentata from the neighbouring- 

 countries ; but if comj)ared with the Avestern form, they prove to 

 be the same. 



Hab. Soudan, from Senegal to Gaboon, aud extending to the "White- 

 Nile district. 



a,b,c. d 2 ad. st. West Africa. Su- E. Sabine [P.]. 



d,e. (S ad.sk. AYest Africa. Piu'chased. 



f,y. 6 2 "d. sk. ; Bissao. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



A, i. (S juv. sk. 



k. j ad. sk. Casamanze. E.. B. Sharpe, E.sq. 



/. (S imm. sk. Senegal. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



m. cJ ad. sk. Gambia, Sept. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



51. Cinnyris fuliginosa. 



Soui-manga carmelite, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 42, pi. 20 



(1802). 

 Soui-mauga varie, Aud. et Vieill. t. c. p. 43, pi. 21. 

 Certbia fuliginosa, Shmc, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 222 (1811). 

 Certbia macidata, Shcnc, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 223. 

 Ciunvris fuliu-inosus, Cuv. Rlyne Anim. p. 412 (1817); Vieill. JS. 



Did. d'JIi^t. Nat. xxxi. p. 4U7 (1819) ; Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. 



ii. p. 584 (1823) ; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 23 (1828) ; id. Traite 



d'Oni. i. p. 296 (1831) ; id. Descr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 271 (1847) ; 



Bp. C. A. i. p. 406; id. C. Ji. 1854, p. 265; Reichenow, J.f. 0. 



1877, p. 25 ; Shelley, Monoyr. Nect. p. 275, pi. 86. 



