548 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



Nectarinia cuprea, Hartl. Orn, W.Afr. p. 48. 



Cinnyris cupreus, Shelley, Mongr. Sun-birds, p. 191, pi. 58. 

 a. (^ , Lukoja; b, Slionga; c, not labelled. These three 

 are all males in full plumage. 



47. Cinnyris splendidus. 



Certhia splendida, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 1812, p. 191. 



Nectarinia splendida, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 46. 



Cinnyris splendidus, Shelley, Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 201, 

 pi. 62. 



a. ^, Lukoja; b. ^J , Shonga. Both are males in full 

 plumage. 



48. Cinnyris venustus. 



Certhia venusta, Shaw, Nat. Misc. x. 1799, pi. 369. 



Nectarinia venusta, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 48. 



Cinnyris venustus, Shelley, Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 235, 

 pi. 74. figs. 1, 3. 



a, b, Lukoja; c, d, Shonga. These are all males in full 

 plumage; those from Lukoja have the bill very slightly 

 smaller, and the breast and under tail-coverts brighter yellow, 

 but cannot, I think, be separated specifically. 



49. Anthreptes hypodila. 



Nectarinia hypodilos, Jerd. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 153; 

 Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 52. 



Nectarinia subcol/aris, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 52. 



Anthodiceta hypodila, Shelley, Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 345. 



Anthreptes hypodila, Shelley, torn. cit. pi. iii. figs. 1, 2, 

 p. xlviii. 



a. ^ , Onitschi. 



50. Passer occidentalis. 



Pyrgita simplex. Swains, (nee Licht.), B. W. Afr. i. 1837, 

 p. 208. 



Passer simplex, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 150. 



Passer swainsoni, pt., Hartl. & Finsch, Vog. Ost-Afr. 

 p. 450. 



a, not labelled. 



The name Passer simplex, Swains., cannot be employed for 



