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3. CiNNYRis sHELLEYi, sp. nov. (Plate XI.) 



Adult male. Entire head, neck, back, and lesser wing- 

 coverts metallic green, with a slight golden gloss on the back 

 of the head and neck and on the mantle; wings and tail black. 

 At the base of the metallic-green throat is a narrow steel-blue 

 collar, followed by a broad bright scarlet pectoral band, the 

 feathers of which are partially barred with steel-blue, re- 

 mainder of the underparts blackish brown. Bill black ; iris 

 dark brown; legs and feet black. Total length (measured in 

 fiesh) 4"65 inches, culmen 0'85, wing 2'5, tail 1*7, tarsus 0"65. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to that of C. mariquensis, 

 but more yellow and less mottled with dusky on the under- 

 parts. Total length (measured in fiesh) 4*56 inches, culmen 

 0-85, wing 2-4, tail 1*7, tarsus 0-65. 



This species is nearly allied to C, bifasciatus, which it 

 resembles in size, but it differs in having the bastard primary 

 smaller and more pointed, in this character resembling 

 C. mariquensis. 



The most marked specific characters of C. shelleyi are — 

 the pectoral band of sealing-wax red, which is similar to that 

 of C. erythroccria, and the blackish-brown breast, which 

 resembles that of C. bouvieri. The golden gloss on the 

 upper parts is also much less than in C mariquensis. The 

 position, therefore, of this new Sun-bird is intermediate 

 between C. eryt/troceria and C. mariquensis. 



We discovered this species about 60 miles below where the 

 Kafue river falls into the Zambesi. Both birds of the pair are 

 adults in full breeding-plumage, and were shot in the latter 

 part of December, being at the time in company with a 

 wnvciher o{ Chalcomitra gutturalis, and, like that species, were 

 busy in extracting the nectar from the acacia-blossoms. The 

 note of the male was a small flute-like whistle. 



4. CiNNYRIS MICRORHYNCHUS Sliellcy. 



The most southern known locality for this species before 

 we obtained our specimens was Songue, in Nyasaland, 

 where Mr. Alexander Whyte procured an adult male in full 

 breeding-plumage in June. During our stay at Zumbo, on 



