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CINNYEIS BIFASCIATUS. 



(WESTERN BIEASCIATED SUN-BIRD.) 



Soui-manga vert et brun, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 46, pi. 24 (1802). 



Gerthia bifasciata, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 198 (1811, ex Aud. et Vieill.). 



Cinnyris nitehs, Vieill. N. Diet. xxxi. p. 514 (1819); Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 588 



(1823); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 47(1828). 

 Violet-breasted Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 248. no. 41 (1822). 

 Nectarinia bifasciata, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 97 (1847). 

 Cinnyris bifasciatus, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 407. no. 32 (1850). 

 Nectarinia jardinei, Verr. in Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 47. no. 133 (1857) ; Hartl. J. f. 0. 1861, 



p. 109 ; Monteiro, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 96 ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. i. p. 135. no. 35 (1866) ; Sharpe, 



P.Z. S. 1869, p. 566 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 106. no. 1286 (1869); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 



p. 38. no. 360 (1871) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 717 ; Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche, &c. p. 13 



(1875) ; Eeichen. Corresp. Afrik. Gesellsch. 1875, p. 179. 



c? similis C. mariquensi, sed minor et pilei colore metallico minus cupreo nitente distinguendus. 



? similis foeminse C. mariquensis. 



Hab. in Africa occidentali. 



Adult Male. Upper parts, as well as the entire head and neck, metallic golden green, as are also the least 

 and median series of wing-coverts; upper tail-coverts of a deeper shade of green; remainder of the 

 wings blackish brown ; tail blue-black, the feathers narrowly edged with bronzy green ; the metallic- 

 green throat is bordered by a steel-blue collar, succeeded by a broader one of deep red, the feathers of 

 which have narrow subterminal bars of steel-blue shaded with violet ; remainder of the under surface 

 of the body black; under surface of the wings brownish black; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. 

 Total length 4 - 6 inches, culmen 0'75, wing 2 - 4, tail 1*65, tarsus - 65. 



Adult Female. Upper parts, as well as the sides of the head, olive ; a partial buff eyebrow ; wings dark brown, 

 with the least and median series of coverts olive, and the remainder of the feathers edged with olive- 

 yellow ; upper tail-coverts and tail brownish black, the feathers edged with olive, and those of the latter 

 with pale ends, broadest towards the sides ; underparts buff, inclining to yellow on the centre of the 

 breast; the lower throat and the front and sides of the chest with indistinct oUve central streaks to the 

 feathers; under surface of the wings brown, with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts white, 

 the latter tinted with yellow ; bill and legs black ; irides dark brown. Total length 3 - 9 inches, culmen 

 07, wing 2 - 0, tail 1*4, tarsus 0-6. 



Hab. West Africa, from Gaboon to Benguela. 



06s. I deem it unnecessary to figure this species, as it only differs from C. mariquensis in its smaller size 

 and in the almost entire absence of coppery shade on the head, back, and throat. The description of 



