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tained two young birds, one of which is now in the 

 British Museum. 



The colours of the nestling are the same as those of the 

 adult female, which shows that the metallic edges to the quills 

 in this species are always present, and proves conclusively that 

 it is specifically distinct from its nearest ally, A. hypodila, 

 which no doubt has otherwise a perfectly similar nestling, for 

 in the very large series of A. hypodila in the British Museum, 

 although there is not a single nestling, all the specimens have 

 the entire back metallic green. In this latter character they 

 are readily distinguished from their near allies A. rectirostris 

 and A. tephvolsema, in which, apparently, the nestlings have 

 the upper parts entirely olive. 



Anthothreptes hypodila. 



Anthothreptes hypodila (Jard.), Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix. p. 117 (1884) ; 



Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 366 Taveta; Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1890, p. 



126; 1892, p. 191 Camaroons ; id. Vog. Deutsch 0. Afr. p. 210 



(1894) Ugalla, Bukoba ; Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 14 Nyasa ; Eeichen. 



J. f. O. 1894, p. 41 ; 1896, p. 38 Camaroons; Sjostedt, Sv. Vet. Ak. 



Handl. 1895, p. 103 Camaroons ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 78 (1896) ; 



Jackson, Ibis, 1898, p. 137 Witu ; Neumann, J. f. O. 1898, p. 237 



Bukoba ; Hartert in Ansorge's Under Afr. Sun, p. 252 Manburu, 



Masongoleni, Taru; Boyd Alexander, Ibis, 1899, p. 561 Zambesi; 



Jackson ; t.c.p. 636 Nandi. 

 Anthreptes hypodila, Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. xlviii. (1880) ; id. Ibis, 1883 



p. 548 Niger ; Buttik. Notes, Leyd. Mus. 1885, p. 170 ; 1886, p 



251 ; 1892, p. 22 Liberia ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 39 Lado 



Tingasi; id. Ibis, 1888, p. 300 Manda Is.; 1890, p. 162 Yambuya. 

 Anthodiaeta hypodila, Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 345, pi. Ill (1876) 



Oust. N. Arch. Mus. (2) II. p. 85 (1879) Gaboon. 

 Nectarinia hypodila, Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 176 (1877) Loanda 



Eeichen. J. f. O. 1877, p. 25 Loango. 

 Anthreptes collaris hypodilus, Oberholser, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1899, p. 



33 Liberia. 

 Anthothreptes subcollaris (Eeichb.) Eeichen. J. f. O. 1887, pp. 301, 



306 Congo. 

 Anthodiaeta zambesiana, Shelley, Mon. Nect. p. 343, pi. Ill, fig. 3 



(1876) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 125 Mombasa; Fisch. Zeitschr. 1884, 



