15. PEOMEROpg. 283 



1. Promerops cafer. 



Merops cafer, Linn. S. .V. i. p. 18.3 (170ij) ; P. L. S. Midler, S. N. ii. 



p. 2.48, no. 7, pi. 8. fig. 5 (1773). 

 Upiipa promerops, Linn. S. N. i. p. 184 (1766) ; P. L. S. Mdller, S. 



N. ii. p. 2.51, uo. 2, pi. 8. fig. 7 (1773) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 278, 



no. .5 (1700); Bechst. Kurze Uebers. p. 173, no. 5 (1812) ; Stanley 



in Salt's Voij. Abyss, ii. p. 344 (1816). 

 Le Promerops du Cap de Bonne Esperance,J)a»6eH<. PI. Enl. vi. p 516. 

 Promerops brun a ventre tachete, Daubent. torn. cit. pi. 637. 

 Cape Promerops, Lafh. Gen. St/n. ii. p. 692 (1782). 

 Certhia calfra, Gm. S. N. i. p. 484 (1788). 

 Le Promerops, And. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. i. p. 13, pi. 4 (1802). 

 Le Grand Sucrier ou Sucrier du Protea, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 139, 



pis. 287, 288 (1803); Sundev. Erit. Framst., Levaill p. 56 (1857). 

 Promerops cafer, S/um\ Gen. Zool. viii. p. 143 (1811); Grm/, Gen. 



B. i. p. 97 (1847) ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 410, no. 876 ( 18.50) ; Beichb. 



Handb. Scansoria-., p. 352, no. 772, pi. 613. figs. 4094-96 (18.54); 



3Iidl. J.f. O. 18.55, p. 12 ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 74 (1867) ; Grill, 



Zool. Antcckn. pp. 11, 39 (1858); Pelzeln, Reise Novara, i. p. 53 



(1865) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 109, no. 1338 (1869) ; Shelley, 



Monogr. Nect. p. 377, pi. 121. 

 Cinnyris longicaudatiis, Vieill. N. Diet. xxxi. p. 510 (1819). 

 Nectarinia caffra, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 15 (1823). 

 Falcinellus griseus, Bonti. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 580 (1823). 

 Cinnyris capensis, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 49 (1828). 

 Promerops capensis, Less. Traite, p. 322 (1831). 

 Ptiloturns cafer. Cab. Mtis. Hein. i. p. 104, no. 566 (1850). 

 Ptilurus cafer, Licht. JVomencl. p. 55 (1854). 



Adult male. General colour above uniform dark brown, most of 

 the feathers with pale olive margins ; the lanceolate feathers of the 

 crown with pale shafts and tips ; the lower back and upper tail- 

 coverts dull yellowish olive ; throat and part of the cheeks dingy 

 white ; ear-coverts pale brown, a brownish streak running down the 

 base of each mandible ; fore neck and chest rufous-brown, each 

 feather with paler tips ; feathers of breast, abdomen, and flanks 

 dull whitish, with broad dusky brown central streaks; lower flanks 

 and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; under surface of wings dark 

 brown ; bill and feet black. Culmen 1-3-1-4 inch, wing 3-7, tail 

 between 11 and 14 inches, tarsus 0-87. 



The/t»irt/t; is paler and has a much shorter tail than the male. 

 Wing 3 inches, tail 4"25. 



Hah. South Africa. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Table Mountain, Dec. 7, 1861 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(Ayidersson). 



h. J ad. sk. Table Mountain, Nov. 30, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



1861 (Andersson). 



c, d. (S 2 fid. sk. South Africa (Layard). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



e. cJ ad. sk. S. Africa {McLeannan). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



f,9i<S 2 ] ad.sk. Cape. J. B. Jukes, Esa. [P.], 



/i. [ cJ ] ad. sk. Cape. The Admiralty [P.]. 



