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NECTARINIA. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES. 



a. Head, neck and back of metallic colours ; 



two centre tail-feathers elongated .... 



b. No metallic colours and no elongated tail- 



feathers ; otherwise very similar in form 

 and measurement to their males .... 



c. No yellow fringe to any feather of the wings 



or tail. 

 a 1 . Metallic colouring green. 



a". Centre of chest metallic green like the 

 remainder of the body. Larger. 

 a 3 . Pectoral tufts yellow. 



a i . Larger; total length about 105 

 inches ; culmen 1-3 ; bill longer and 

 decidedly straighter. (South of 



Zambesi) 



6*. Smaller ; total length about 8 inches, 

 culmen 1-2 ; bill shorter and de- 

 cidedly more arched. (North of 



Zambesi) 



b 3 . Pectoral tufts scarlet 



b-. Centre of chest scarlet. Smaller ; culmen 

 06, wing 2-2 or nearly so. 

 c 3 . Abdomen metallic green. (North of 



Equator) 



d 3 . Abdomen black. (South of Equator) 

 b 1 . Metallic colours bronze; breast blackish. 

 c~. Metallic colouring mostly greenish blue 

 d". Metallic colouring more coppery. 



e 3 . Head and neck coppery bronze; re 



mainder of metallic colours lilac . 

 / a . Head and neck greenish ; glossed with 

 copper on the back, scapulars and 

 upper tail-coverts, and with no lilac 

 reflections 



d. Quills and tail-feathers broadly edged with 



chrome yellow. 

 c 1 . Head, neck and back fiery copper ; breast 



black 



d 1 . No metallic colours 



full plumaged males, 

 females. 



famosa, $ 



cupreonitens, J ad. £/ 

 johnstoni, $ ad. 



pulchella, $ ad. 

 melanogastra, <y ad. 2 



bocagii, $ ad. i 



tacazze, $ ad. 



kilimensis, $ ad. 



rcichenowi, g ad. 

 reichenowi, J . 



