418 Ant. Reichenow und Her man Schalow: 



Farn. NECTARINIIDAE. 



380. Cinnyris Eriksoni. 

 Trimen, P. Z. Ö. 1882. p. 451. pl. 32. 



$. Head, throat, entire back, and least and middle upper 

 wing coverts bright metallic green, with blue-green and bronze 

 reflections; upper tail-coverts metallic blue; greater upper wing- 

 coverts and quill-feathers dusky brown, edged narrowly with pale 

 brown ; tail darker, glossy above, except the outermost feather on 

 each side, which is pale duU brown with. a whitish external narrow 

 edgiug. On the upper breast a narrow metallic-blue collar sepa- 

 rates the metallic green of the throat from a very broad belt of 

 scarlet reaching to the abdomen; pectoral tufts hright sulphur 

 yellow; lower abdominal region, thighs, and under tail coverts 

 pale cinereous; a black spot immediately before the eye. Bill and 

 legs blacks. 



Tot. Igth. 4 in. 8 lin,; culm. 8 lin. ; tail 2 in.; tarsus 7V2 üö. 



?. AU the Upper siirface cinereous brown, with a faint oliva- 

 ceous tinge, which becomes more apparent on upper tail-coverts; 

 quill-feathers and greater upper coverts of wings dark brown, 

 edged with pale brownish; tail darker, as in $. ünder surface 

 very pale cinereous, indistinctly varied throughout with traces of 

 pale yellowish, more apparent on lower breast and abdomen; 

 pectoral tufts whitish yellow , under wing-coverts and inner margins 

 of quill-feathers whitish. 



Hab.: South-Western Africa. 



381. Nectarinia intermedia. 



B. duBocage, Jonrn. Ac. Sc. Lisboa. No. 28. 1880. p. 236. 



Ressemblent ä A^^ chalyhea, mais les couvertures superieures 

 de la queue d'un vert dore au lieu de bleu d'acier; l'abdomen d'un 

 brun plus pale et plus cendre, tirant au blanc-jaunätre sur le crissum 

 et les sous-caudales. 



Hab.: Angola. 



382. Nectarinia oliv acina. 



^ W. Peters, Journ. Orn. 29. Jahrg. Heft 1. 1881. p. 50. 

 Sehr ähnlich der N. olivacea Smith, aber entschieden kleiner. 

 So hat G. olivacea eine Totallänge von ca. 15 V2 cm, Schnabel vom 

 Mundwinkel 3 cm, Flügel 67 mm, Schwanz 65 mm, Tarsus 18 mm 

 lang, ^yährend bei der aus Inhambane der Schnabel 22 mm, Flügel 

 54 mm, Schwanz 48 mm und der Tarsus nur 16 mm lang ist. 

 Hab : Inhambane (Ost- Afrika). 



Fam. DACNIDIDAE. 



383. Gerthiola magnirostris. 



L. Taczanowski, Proc. Soc. Zool. 1880 Pt. 2. p. 193. 



D'un taille plns forte que les Gerthiola de la cote peruvienne, 

 et du versant occidental des cordilieres; bec aussi long que la 

 tete; le miroir alaire aussi bien devgloppe, ainsi que la bände 

 sourciliöre. La couleur du dos est distinctement plus claire que 

 dans les oiseaux du versant occidental, avec une legere nuance 



