CINNYEIS BOUVIEKI. 



(BOUVIER'S SUN-BIRD.) 



3 ad. similis C. bifasciato, sed magis cuprescens : fronte et loris violaceis chalybeo lavatis : mento sordide 

 nigro : abdomine fumoso-brunneo : fasciis pectoralibus flavis scarlatino mixtis : fascia pectorali non- 

 nietallica, rubra, angustiore et saturatiore distinguendus. 



g supra cinerascenti-brunnea, vix olivaceo tincta : supercilio fulvido indistincto : alis saturate brunneis, 

 plumis omnibus pallide brunneo marginatis : cauda nigra, rectricibus externis albo terminatis, extimis 

 etiam extiis albo marginatis : subtus lactescenti-alba, pectore medio magis flavicante : gutturis imi et 

 preepectoris plumis medialiter fuscescenti-brunneo indistincte striolatis. 



Hab. in Africa occidentali. 



Adult Male. Upper parts, as well as the entire head and neck and the least and median series of wing- 

 coverts, metallic golden-green, with a slight coppery shade, most intense on the ear-coverts ; forehead, 

 front half of the crown, and the lores steel-blue, shaded with violet towards the bill ; a black patch in 

 front of the eye; upper tail-coverts more emerald-green than the back; wings dark brown ; tail black, 

 the feathers edged with metallic golden-green ; chin dull black ; remainder of the throat golden-green, 

 margined towards the chest by a narrow belt of steel-blue, followed by a rather broader one of metallic 

 ruby-violet ; remainder of the underparts blackish brown, slightly paler and more ashy towards the 

 under tail-coverts, with a narrow, very deep red non-metallic pectoral band, and bright sulphur-yellow 

 and scarlet pectoral tufts; bill and legs black; hides dark brown. Total length 4 - l inches, culmen 0'8, 

 wing 2'05, tail 1"35, tarsus 062. 



Adult Female. Upper parts, including the sides of the head and neck, ashy brown, very slightly tinted with 

 olive ; a partial buff eyebrow ; wings dark brown, all the feathers edged with very pale brown ; tail 

 black, a few of the outer feathers tipped with white, and the outer ones narrowly edged with that 

 colour; underparts creamy white, slightly more yellow on the centre of the breast; lower throat, front 

 and sides of the chest with very indistinct dusky brown central streaks to the feathers ; under surface 

 of the wings brown, with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts white, the latter slightly tinted 

 with yellow; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. Total length 4 - 15 inches, culmen - 7, wing 2, 

 tail l - 35 ; tarsus 06. 



Hab. Landana, Congo. 



This pretty little Sun-bird I have named after my friend M. Bouvier, to whom the specimens 

 here figured and described were sent from Landana, in the Congo region, by M. Petit, his able 

 and energetic collector, who has already procured several new species in this as yet little-explored 

 portion of Africa. 



Its structure and plumage show that it should be placed near C. bifasciatus, C. osea, and 

 C. venustus, from all of which it is distinguished by its dark brown breast ; from C. bifasciatus 

 by its possessing yellow and red pectoral tufts, and by the colour of the forehead and chin ; from 

 C. osea by the colour of the chin and throat, and by the red non-metallic pectoral band ; from 



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