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brilliant metallic golden green, which colour in position C changes 

 into a deep bluish green ; tail blacldsh green, externally edged with 

 the colour of the back ; inner webs of quills and of greater coverts 

 blackish brown, with a whitish inner edge ; tho metallic green on the 

 fore neck separated from the yellow parts by an irregular purplish-blue 

 band ; all the rest of the underparts yellow, the pectoral tufts still 

 brighter; sides and flanks slightly washed with olive ; under wing- 

 coverts, edge of wing, and axillarics white and pale yellow. Culmen 

 0-5-0-G inch, wing 2-15, tail 1-4-1-5, tarsus 0-65. 



Female. Like the male, but with the throat and fore neck pale 

 srhitish and yellow. Wing 1-9 inch. 



Hah. South Africa. 



B. Northern Race (A, hj^podila). 



Adult male. Greater and median wing-coverts and secondary 

 quills externally edged with olive-yellow instead of metallic green ; 

 all the other parts as in A. collaris. Wing l-!)5--2-l inches. 



Immature birds have the tail dark brown, washed with olive. 



Young birds. Upper parts olive ; inner webs of quills and tail 

 brown ; nape and hind neck greyish ; throat, fore neck, and chest 

 silvery white ; rest of underparts pale sulphur-yellow. 



Hab. Guinea and Zanzibar district. 



Obs. Specimens from East Africa (A. zambesiana), as was to be 

 expected, have tho wings coloured like the Guinean form ; the 

 metallic parts in position B are less dark, but more golden green, 

 with sometimes a slight coppery gloss. This gloss, however, varies 

 much in different localities ; the darkest shade of bluish green and 

 least golden gloss is exhibited by specimens from Ashantee and 

 Fantee, while in the Cameroons tho gloss is golden. 



A. Souili-eastern Specimens (A. collaris). 



a. S fid. sk. Gamtoos River, Aug. R. B. Sharps, Esq. 



1850 (J. Verreaitx). 



6. [ 5> ] sk. Buffalo Pdver, Sept. 18-50. E. B. Sharps, Esq. 



c. S ad. sk. Graham's Town R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



{Layard). 



d. (S imm. sk. Uitenliage, April 26, E. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1867 (RicJcard). 



e. c? ad. sk. Kingwilliamstown,June Capt. Trevelyan FP.]. 



11, 1877. 



f. q. 6 2 ad. sk. Natal, March 14. Dr. Gueinzius [C.]. 

 'h,'i. J 2 ad. sk. Natal. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 h. 6 ad. sk. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



I. $ ad. sk. Natal {Ayres). F. D. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P.], 

 m. S ad. sk. Zambesi {Meller). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



B. Western Specimens (A, hypodila). 



a,b. c? 2 ad. st. W. Mrica. Purchased. 



c. S ad. sk. W. Africa. E. Eraser, Esq. [C.]. 



d. S imui. sk. Oasamanze(/. Verreaux). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



