1889.] birds from eastern africa. 365 



/49. Nectarinia kilimensis. 



Nectarinia Icilimensis, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 555; 1885, 

 p. 227. 



cJ . Kilimanjaro, August. 



^4)0. Nectarinia reichenowi. 



Brepanorhynchus reichenowi, Fisch. J. f. O. 1884, p. 5G ; id. 

 Zeitselir. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 338 ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 139. 



Nectarinia reichenowi, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 550, pi. 51 ; 1885, 

 p. 227. 



6 2 . Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., August. 



J(\. CiNNYRlS MICRORHYNCHUS. 



Cinnyris microrhijnchus,'ShQ\\ey,'P. Z. S. 1881, p. 57(» ; Schal. 

 J. f. O. 1883, p. 360 ; Fisch. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 339 ; id. 

 J. f. O. 1885, p. 139. 



cJ . Teita. August. 



52. CiNNYRIS AFFINIS. 



Cinnyris affinis, Riipp., Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 239, pi. 74. 

 fig. 2; id. P.Z. S. 1885, p. 228. 

 (S ? . Kilimanjaro, August. 



.53. Cinnyris mediocris. 



Cinnyris mediocris, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 228. 

 $ . Kilimanjaro, 5000-6000 ft. S juv. Useri river, July 9. 



54. Cinnyris hunteri, n. sp. (Plate XLI. fig. 2.) 



Adult male. General plumage velvety black ; f)rehead and front 

 with three quarters of the crown metallic green, the hinder feathers 

 of which are glossed with violet; occiput, nape, back, and scapulars 

 velvet-black, with the rump and upper tail-coverts metallic violet ; 

 wings and tail very dark bronze-brown, with a metallic violet patch 

 on the front of the wing, formed by the whole of the least series of 

 ■wing-coverts ; sides of the head and the underparts velvet-black ; 

 a metallic green moustache from beneath the gape ; lower half of 

 the throat and the crop glossy red like sealing-wax, with a few 

 metallic violet bands, most numerous towards the upper throat, where 

 they somewhat form a marginal band between the black upper and 

 red lower throat ; the red feathers on the crop have a narrow yellow 

 band between their red ends and black bases ; under wing-coverts 

 velvet-black ; quills and tail as above ; bill and legs black. Total 

 length 5-6 inches, culmen M, wing 2*85, tail 2-1, tarsus 07. 



The females as well as the young males are almost indistinguishable 

 from skins in corresponding plumage of C. gutturalis. 



From all the other scarlet-throated Sun-birds, the present species 

 is distinguished by the metallic patch on the wing-coverts and lower 

 back. 



S $ . Useri river, July. 



