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side ; entire underparts uniform deep buff, very slightly tinted with olive ; under surface of the wings 

 brown with pale inner margins to the quills ; under wing-coverts buff, of the same colour as the breast ; 

 bill and legs black, the former paler towards the base of the lower mandible ; hides dark brown. Total 

 length 6 inches, culmen l."0, wing 2"7, tail 2-15, tarsus 065. 



The male and female which I have described are in my own collection, having been kindly 

 presented to me by my friend Professor Barboza du Bocage. The only specimens as yet known 

 have been collected by M. Anchieta, at Caconda, in the interior of Benguela ; so that the " Hab. 

 Angola " of my previous article upon this species should be changed to Benguela. 



It appears to me possible that the Cinnyris perreini, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi, 

 p. 508 (1819), may refer to this species. It was discovered by Perrein at Malimbe, in the Congo 

 district, and is described as being of the size of C. amethystinus, with all the upper parts, as well 

 as the wings, golden green, the underparts black, and the tail graduated. The type no longer 

 exists ; so that it is difficult to determine the species to which G. perreini, Vieill., really refers. 



4. Anthobaphes. t 



Anthobaphes, Cab. Mus. Hein. i, p. 103 (1850) A. violacea. 



Bill longer than the tarsus. Tail very strongly graduated, with the two centre feathers 

 narrow and much elongated and evenly tapering to points. No loose downy feathers on the 

 sides of the back. Pectoral tufts present in the males. Metallic colours confined to the head, 

 neck, mantle, and least series of wing-coverts. Lower back olive. 



Range. Cape colony and Little Namaqua Land. 



Page 23. Anthobaphes violacea. Add : — 



VCertMa cinerea, P. L. S. Mull. S. N. Anhang. p. 98 (1776). 



ICinnyris aurantia, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi, p. 508 (1819); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, 



p. 53 (1828). 

 Nectarinia cinerea, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv, p. 510 (1829). 

 Anthreptes violacea, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 56 (1854). 

 Anthobaphes violacea, Bp. Comptes Rendus, 1854, p. 265; Sharpe, new ed. Layard's B. S. 



Afr. p. 308 (1876). 



The correct spelling for the generic title is Anthobaphes. 



5. iETHOPYGA. Type. 



Mthopyga, Cab. Mus. Hein. i, p. 103 (1850) M. siparaja. 



Aithopijga, Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 300 (1854). 



Tail very strongly graduated, with the two centre feathers the most elongated and usually 

 pointed, but not abruptly narrowing into fine points. With loose downy feathers on the sides 

 of the back capable of being drawn over the rump, which is always yellow, or has a band of 



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