CONTENTS. 



Preface 



List of Plates 



Key to the Orders . . . 



Order I. Passeriformes 



Suborder I. Oligomyod.e 



Family I. Pittid.£ ... 



1. Pitta angolensis 

 Family II. Philepittidje 



2. Philepitta jala ... 



3. „ schlegeli 

 Suborder II. Oscines 

 Section I. Pari 

 Family I. NECTARraiiDa: 

 Subfamily I. Neodrepanin^: 



4. Neodrepanis coruscans 

 Subfamily II. Nectariniinae ... 

 Genus I. Hedydipna 



5. Hedydipna metallica . . . 



6. ,, platura 

 Genus II. Nectarinia 



7. Nectarinia famosa 



8. ,, cupreonitens 



16. Cinnyris cupreus 



17. ,, purpureiventris 



18. „ notatus 



19. „ nesopbilus ...(PL ii 



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