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Nectarinia venusta, Boc. Orn. d' Angola, p. 173. 



Cinnyris venustus , Gadow , Cat. Birds Br. Mus, IX. p. 40. 



Hab. West Africa , from Senegal to Congo ; North East 

 Africa. 



Collected near Robertsport, along the Marfa River, and 

 near Monrovia. 



All our male specimens have the non-metallic parts of 

 the under surface pale sulphureous , the pectoral tufts 

 chrome-yellow. 



The female birds are pale earthy brown above, and ashy 

 white underneath ; the centre of breast and abdomen with 

 a tinge of yellow. Front , eyebrow , a streak below the 

 eye, chin and throat, edge of wing, under wing-coverts 

 and tips of tail-feathers white ; quills , with the exception 

 of the first and second , edged with olive. Bill shorter but 

 less curved than in the males , and remembering much 

 that of the genus Anthreptes , wing longer than in the male. 



Iris of the male dark brown , of the female brownish 

 red; bill black, feet sooty brown. Wing of the male 5,1 

 cm. , of the female 5,5 cm. 



The nests of this species are found along rivers , fixed 

 to the end of overhanging boughs. They are not different 

 in size and structure from those of C. cUoropygia , but 

 have a grayer appearance. The eggs, generally two in 

 number , are ashy gray , slightly washed with violet , and 

 irregularly varied with dark lines and spots. Axis 1,6 cm., 

 diameter 1,2 cm. Collected the 20*^ of December. 



Anthreptes liy podilus. 



Nectarinia hypodilus , Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 153. 



Nectarinea hypodelos and N. subcoUaris , Hartl. Orn. W. 

 Afr. p. 52. 



Nectarinia hypodelos, Boc. Orn. d' Angola , p. 176. 



Anthreptes hypodila , Shelley , Mon. Nect. , p. 345 , pi. 111. 



Anthothreptes collaris (part.), Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mus. IX, p. 116. 



Hab. West Africa, from Senegambia to Angola. 



Notes from the Leyclen IVIuseum, "Vol. VII. 



