316 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



A. idius. 

 Ad. <$ . Prahsu, Gold Coast, Oct. 16, 1900. Total length 

 4'3 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 238, tail 17, tarsus 05. 



9. Anthothreptes hypodila (Jard.). 



Nectarinia collar-is Jard. (nee Vieill.) ; Jard. Monogr. Sun- 

 birds, p. 251, pi. vi. (1843 : Fernando Po). 



Nectarinia hypodilus Jard. & Fraser, Contr. Orn. 1851, 

 p. 153 (Clarence, Fernando Po) ; Hartl. J. f. O. ]854, p. 12 

 (Fernando Po) ; Miill. J. f. O. 1855, p. 52 (Fernando Po); 

 Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 52 (1857: Fernando Po) ; Gray, 

 Hand-1. B. i. p. 108. no. 1317 (1869: Fernando Po). 



Anthodiceta subcollaris Reichenb. Handb. Seansoripe, 

 p. 293, pi. 590. figs. 4007, 4008 (1853 : Fernando Po). 



Anthodiceta hypodelos Reichenb. t. c. p. 293 (Clarence, 

 Fernando Po). 



Nectarinia subcollaris Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 52 (1857 : 

 Fernando Po). 



Anthothreptes collaris Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. M. ix. p. 116, 

 part. (1884: Fernando Po). 



Cinnyris hypodila Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) iv. p. 8 (1895 : 

 Fernando Po). 



Anthothreptes hypodila Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 78 (1896), 

 ii. p. 151 (1900) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 33 (1903 : 

 Fernando Po). 



Anthodiceta hypodila Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. 

 p. 105. 



a. Ad. S S ■ Basupu, Oct. 30, 1892, Bill, legs, and feet 

 black. 



b. Imm. <$ . Ribola, Nov. 2, 1902. Iris hazel. Breeding. 



c. Imm. $ . Sipopo, Nov. 5, 1902. 



My immature males are similar to the adults, but the 

 metallic golden green of the upper parts is less strong. Entire 

 under parts yellow, becoming paler on the throat and sides of 

 face. Bill brown. 



Common, frequenting coffee- and cocoa-plantations. 



10. Anthothreptes tephroljEma (Jard. & Fraser). 

 Nectarinia tephrolcemus Jard. & Fraser, Contr. Orn. 1851, 



