20; 



CINNYRIS SPLENDIDUS. 



(WEST-AFRICAN SPLENDID SUN-BIRD.) 



1 Crimson-bellied Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii, p. 164, no. 18 (1801); id. Gen. Hist. B. 



iv, p. 246, no. 39 (1822). 

 ICerthia coccinigastra, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. 35, no. 1 (1801); Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii, 



p. 216 (1811). 

 L'Eclatant, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii, p. 15, pi. 2 (1802). 

 Le Soui-manga a plumes soyeuses, Aud. et Vieill. torn. cit. p. 119, pi. 82. 

 Sucrier eblouissant, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi, p. 163, pi. 295, fig. 1 (1808) ; Sundev. Grit, om 



Levaill. p. 57 (1857). 

 Certhia splendida, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii, p. 191, pi. 26 (1811). 

 Certhia nitida, Bechst. Kurze Uebers. p. 191, no. 76 (1812). 

 Certhia sericea, Bechst. torn. cit. p. 194, no. 86. 

 Cinnyris splendidus, Cuv. Regne Anim. i, p. 412 (1817); Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi, 



p. 500 (1819); Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii, p. 587 (1823) ; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 41 



(1828); Swains. B. W. Afr. ii, p. 125 (1837); Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 408, no. 36 (1850); 



Cab. Mus. Hein. i, p. 101, no. 553 (1850); Reichb. Handb. Scansoriee, p. 287, no. 664, 



pi. 574, figs. 3908-9 (1854). 

 Cinnyris splendens, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi, p. 501 (1819); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, 



p. 41 (1828) ; Reichb. Handb. ScansoriaB, p. 290, no. 673, pi. 576, fig. 3925 (1854). 

 Cinnyris bombicinus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi, p. 509 (1819); Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. 



Meth. ii, p. 596 (1823); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 53 (1828). 

 \Cinnyris coccinigaster, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi, p. 515 (1819); Bonn, et Vieill. 



Enc. Meth. ii, p. 588 (1823); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 55 (1828). 

 Blue-rumped Creeper, var. c, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iv, p. 240, no. 28c (1822). 

 Glossy Creeper, Lath. torn. cit. p. 253, no. 50. 

 Nectarinia splendida, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv, p. 511 (1829); Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, 



pp 176, 250, pi. 5 (1842) ; Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 486; Hartl. J. f. O. 



1854, p. 13, no. 125; Mull. J. f. O. 1855, p. 13, no. 134; Hartl. torn. cit. p. 360; id. 



Orn. W.-Afr. p. 46, no. 130 (1857); id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 108; Dohrn, P. Z. S. 1866, 



p. 331; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 82, no. 138 (1867); Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 106, no. 1279 



(1869); Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 188; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 38, no. 357(1871); Shelley & 



Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 287; Reichenow, J. f. O. 1873, p. 217; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 59 ; 



Reichenow, J. f. O. 1875, p. 30; Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche, p. 13 (1875). 

 Cinnyris lucidus, Less. Traite d'Orn. i, p. 295, no. 17(1831); Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 



1853, p. 486 ; Haiti. J. f. O. 1855, p. 423. 

 Nectarinia nitida, Nordm. in Erin. Reise um die Erde, Atlas, p. 6 (1835); Licht. Nomencl. 



Av. p. 55 (1854). 



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