ADDENDA. 



Add: — 



Page 8. Nectarinia pulchella. 



d'. (S ad. sk. Lokdja, River Niger. W. A. Forbes, Esq. [yX 



«'. cS ad. sk. Rabba, River Niger. W. A. Forbes, Esq. [P.J. 



Page 31. Insert : — 



5«. DREPANORHYNCHUS. 



Drepanorhyuchus, Fischer Hf Heichen. J.f. O. 1884, p. 6. 



The two central tail-feathers decidedly elongated and narrowed 

 iu old males ; remainder of tail square ; bill longer than tarsus and 

 strongly curved. (Fischer t|- Reichen. t. c.) 



This genus I have not seen, but it seems to approach jEtlwpyga 

 or at least the Urodrepanis section of that genus. The type is 

 described as : — ■ 



Drepanorhynchus reichenowi. 



Drepanorhynchus reichenowi, Fischer, J.f. O. 1884, p. G. 



Head and entire under surface black ; neck and mantle dark 

 brown ; lower back and rump and lesser wing-coverts coppery red 

 and greenish ; quills, greater wing-coverts, and tail-feathers dark 

 brown with yeUow margins. Total length 8-75 inches, wing 3-05, 

 tail 2-4, centre tail-feathers 5'5, culmen 1-15, tarsus 1-05. 



Hob. Naiwascha Lake, Massai, East Africa. 



Page 42. Cinnyris venusta. 



Add: 

 q,r. 6 i 



s, t. 6 ad. sk. Shonga, River Niger. AV. A. Forbes, Esq 



cJ ad. sk. Lokoja, River Niger. W. A. Forbes, Esq. [P.]. 



Page 43. Add :— 



4 a. Cinnyris falkensteini. 



Cinn}'ris falkensteini, Fischer Sf Reichen. J.f. O. 1884, p. G. 



Very similar to G. (iffinia, lliipp., but with the upper surface, 

 especially the crown, middle of back, and rump, more blue instead of 

 greenish ; lower throat dec]) violet instead of violet-blue ; upper 

 throat velvety black, and not the chin only ; breast and abdomen 



