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f62. Nectarinia chloropygia. 



Nectarinia chloropijgia, Jard. ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 47. 



A pair sent by Mr. Hamilton. 



f63. Nectarinia cyanol^ema. 



Nectarinia cyanolcema, Jard. ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 51. 



A pair of this Sunbird are sent by Mr. Hamilton. 



fo'4. Nectarinia superba. 



Nectarinia superba (Vieill.); Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 45. 



Two males are in Mr. Hamilton's collection. 



65. Terpsiphone viridis. 



Tchitrea viridis (Mull.) ; Gray, Hand-1. of B. i. p. 332. 

 Tchitrea cristata (Gm.); Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1870, p. 343. 

 One specimen in Mr. Hamilton's collection. 



f66. Platysteira leucopygialis. 



Platysteira leucopygialis, Fras. ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 95. 



One specimen forwarded by Mr. Hamilton. 



f67. Nigrita canicapilla. 



Nigrita canicapilla, Strickl. ; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 130. 



Mr. Hamilton has sent a single specimen of this bird ; and a care- 

 ful examination proves conclusively that N. emilice, of the specific 

 difference of which I had begun to have some doubts, is certainly 

 another species, the characters being correctly given by me in the 

 original description (Ibis, 1869, p. 384). 



f68. Hypochera nigerrima, sp. n. 



H. similis H. nitenti, sed major: omnino nigra: alis et cauda 



brunneis : margine carpali et hypochondriis albidis : rostro 



albescenti-rubido : pedibus brunneis. Long. tot. 4*2, alee 26, 



caudce l - 4, tarsi 0* 6 poll. Angl. 



One specimen of this apparently new species of Hypochera has 



been sent by Mr. Hamilton. M. Jules Verreaux agrees with me 



that it is distinct from H. nitens, and approaches more closely his 



Vidua hypocherina, exhibiting an additional proof of the affinities 



of the two genera Vidua and Hypochera. Compared with H. nitens, 



the new species is distinguished by its larger size and totally black 



coloration. //. nitens measures as follows : — Long tot. 3'8, alse 2 - 35, 



caudte 1'35, tarsi 0"5. 



69. DlLOPHUS CARUNCULATUS. 



Bilophus carunculatus (Gm.) ; Mont. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 93. 

 Several specimens in Mr. Monteiro's collection obtained by Heer 

 Sala. They were all procured at Galungo in August 1869. 



