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CINNTEIS JOHANNA. 



(CRIMSON-CHESTED SUPERB SUN-BIRD.) 



Cinnyris johannce, Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 314; Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 290. 

 no. 674 (1854). 



Nectarinia johannw, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 134; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 13. no. 123; 

 Mull. J. f. O. 1855, p. 16. no. 173; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 45. no. 128 (1857); Cass. Pr. 

 Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 37; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 106. no. 1291 (1869); Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 478; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 38. no. 356 (1871); Shelley & Buckley, Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 287; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 59; Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche, &c. p. 13. 



Nectarinia fasciata, Jard. & Fraser, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 59; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 12. 

 no. 119; Mull. J. f. O. 1855, p. 16. no. 172; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 47. no. 132 (1857). 



Cinnyris fasciata, Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 289. no. 671 (1854). 



$ ad. similis C. superbo, sed pileo colloque metallice viridibus dorso concoloribus, torque gutturali lata 

 metallice violacea, pectore dilutiore et lsetius coccineo, hujus plumis anticis metallice violaceo anguste 

 fasciatis, distinguendus. 



$ ad. similis fceminae C. superbi, sed subtiis saturate brunneo striata, et subcaudalibus pectore concoloribus. 



Hab. in Africa occideutali. 



Adult Male. Upper parts metallic green, including the least and median series of -wing-coverts ; greater 

 series of coverts and the quills brownish black; tail black, the feathers narrowly edged with metallic 

 green ; sides of the head, chin, and throat metallic green, with a broad violet-shaded steel-blue collar 

 on the crop ; chest bright blood-red, the feathers on the front half narrowly barred with metallic violet ; 

 pectoral tufts sulphur-yellow ; flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts black; bill and legs black; 

 irides dark brown. Total length 53 inches, culmen 1*2, wing 2 - 5, tail 1*6, tarsus 0"65. 



Adult Female. Upper parts deep olive-brown; a distinct buff eyebrow; wings dark brown, the feathers 

 edged with olive-brown ; tail black, the feathers edged with olive and with pale ends, broadest on the 

 outer ones ; underparts, including the lower portion of the cheek and ear-coverts, white, shaded with 

 pale yellow, most strongly so on the breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts; throat streaked, the 

 chest and under tail-coverts more broadly, with deep olivaceous brown centres to the feathers ; under 

 wing-coverts and inner margins of the quills white, the former partially streaked with brown and 

 tinted with yellow; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. Total length 4 - 5 inches, culmen 1 - 1, 

 wing 2'5, tail 1"4, tarsus 0*65. 



Hab. West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Gaboon. 



The present species is closely allied to C. superbus, from which the male may be distinguished by 

 having the crown and throat uniform metallic green, like the back, by the brighter red breast, 

 and by the pale sulphur-yellow pectoral tufts. The female is distinguished by the striped breast, 

 and by the under tail-coverts not being orange-yellow. 



