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b 3 . Least series of wing-coverts metallic 



violet gutturalis. 



b'- . Chin and upper throat black. 



c 3 . No metallic colours ou back or 



upper tail-coverts cruentata. 



d 3 . Lower back and upper tail-coverts 



metallic lilac hunteri. 



b 1 . No broad red chest-band. 

 c". Throat metallic lilac. 



e 3 . Forehead and crown green. 



C*. Upper tail-coverts metallic lilac. 



a 5 . Larger: culmen 1 - 15; wing 2-9 ameihystina. 

 b 5 . Smaller : culmen 0-9 ; wing 2-8 deminuta. 

 d*. No metallic coloured upper tail- 

 coverts kirki. ■ 



f 3 . Forehead metallic lilac fuliginosa 



d". Throat metallic green angolensis. 



e 2 . Lower throat buff adelberti. 



g 3 . With bright chestnut on plumage . adelbert. 

 h 3 . No bright chestnut on plumage . . castaneiventris. 

 b. Forehead brown like the upper parts. 



c 1 . Mottled with some bright colours . . . males in imperfect plumage. 

 d 1 . No bright colours females. 



Females and young males are similar in plumage and size in C. 

 senegalensis , C. acik, and C. gutturalis, but may be distinguished from all 

 the other members of this genus in having the primary coverts distinctly 

 marked with white, instead of being uniform brown. 



Chalcomitra senegalensis. 



Chalcomitra senegalensis (Linn.), Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 47 (1896). 

 Cinnyris senegalensis, Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 267, pi. 83 (1878) ; Gadow, 



Cat. B. M. ix. p. 94 (1884) ; Kendall, Ibis, 1892, p. 219 Gambia; 



Reichen, J. f. 0. 1897, p. 46 Togoland. 

 Nectarinia senegalensis, Bocage, J. f. 0. 1876, p. 435 Sencgambia. 



Adult Male. Dark brown fading into cinnamon brown on the quills, 

 greater wing-coverts, upper tail-coverts and tail ; crown and a broad 

 mustaehial-band golden- green ; chin and upper throat metallic olive green; 

 remainder of throat and front of chest bright vermilion with a narrow 

 subterminal metallic bluish green bar to each feather. Total length 5 

 inches, culmen 09, wing 26, tail 1-9, tarsus G"6. W. Africa (Brit. Mus.). 



Adult Female. Above brown ; some white on the outermost wing- 

 coverts, especially the primary coverts ; outer tail-feathers with narrow pale 



