86 CINNYRIS REGIUS. 



with concentric dirty streaks at the thicker pole. Collected 

 November 14" 



Cinnyris regius. 



Cinnyris regius, Reichen. Orn. Monatsb. 1893, p. 32; id. J. f. 0. 1894, 

 pi. 1, fig. 1 ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 42 (1896). 



Adult Male. Head, neck, back, lesser and median wing-coverts metallic 

 green ; upper tail-coverts violet blue ; a narrow steel blue collar at the base 

 of the throat ; centre of breast and under tail-coverts scarlet shading into 

 bright yellow on the sides of the body and into olive yellow on the vent ; 

 quills and greater coverts blackish brown with olive edges, the former with 

 white inner margins ; tail graduated and blue black ; under wing-coverts 

 yellowish white. Bill black ; iris and legs dark brown. Total length 

 5 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2'15, tail 2"1, tarsus 06. 



The Red-brested Wedge-tailed Sunbird has been recorded 

 only as a native of Central Africa. 



Probably to this species should be referred the specimens 

 of Mr. Layard's Nectarinia violacea, B. S. Afr. pp, 78, 79, of 

 which he writes : "I saw a fine pair building a pendent, domed 

 nest, with a projecting portico over the entrance, at Cape 

 Delgado, on the East Coast of Africa. The nest was hung at 

 the extreme end of a drooping branch of a Camarina, close to 

 the sea-beach ; not far off was the nest of N. senegalensis." 

 The latter mentioned species was no doubt Ghalcomitra 

 gutturalis. 



Cinnyris violaceus. 



Anthobaphes violacea (Linn.), Shelley Mon. Nect. p. 23, pi. 8 (1876) ; 

 Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 11 (1884) ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 72 

 (1896). 



Adult Male. Head, neck, upper half of the back and least wing-coverts 

 deep metallic green partially glossed with lilac ; lower back and upper tail- 

 coverts olive yellow ; remainder of the wings and the tail dark brown ; the 



