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CI'NNYBIS CHLOBOPYGIUS. 



(WEST-AFRICAN DOUBLE-COLLARED SUN-BIRD.) 



Soui-manga a collier noir, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 117, pi. 80 (1802). 



Nectarinia chloropygia, Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist. x. p. 188 (1842); Jard. & Selby, Illust. Orn. 



N. S. pi. 50 (1842); Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 171, 249, pi. 3 (1843); Gray, Gen. B. 



i. p. 97 (1847); Allen & Thompson, Exped. Niger, ii. App. p. 503 (1848); Jard. Contr. 



Orn. 1851, p. 151; Verr. Eev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 315; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 12. 



no. 121 ; Mull. J. f. O. 1855, p. 13. no. 135 ; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 47. no 135 (1857) ; 



Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 35. no. 39; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 188; Gray, Hand-1. B. 



i. p. 108. no. 1316; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 133, 609, 615; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 39. 



no. 370 (1871); Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 60; Reichenow, J. f. O. 1875, p. 31; Bouvier, 



Cat. Ois. Marche, &c, p. 13. 

 Cinnyris chloropygius, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 407. no. 31 ; Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 290. 



no. 675, pi. 577. figs. 3926, 3927 (1854). 



6 ad. similis C. chalybeo, sed supracaudalibus metallice viridibus dorso concoloribus : torque pectorali chalybeo 

 nullo, et abdomine distincte olivaceo lavato distinguendus. 



2 ad. supra olivacea, tectricibus minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus : tectricibus majoribus et remigibus 

 saturate brunneis, olivascenti-flavo marginatis : rectricibus nigris, olivaceo limbatis et dilutius termi- 

 natis : facie laterali cum supercilio indistincto et corpore subtus pallide flavicantibus, gula paullo 

 albicante. 



Hab. in Africa occidentali. 



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

 greater wing-coverts dark brown, narrowly edged with deep olive ; tail black, the feathers very indi- 

 stinctly edged with bronze ; a small black patch in front of the eye ; chin and throat metallic green, 

 followed by a glossy scarlet belt across the front of the chest; pectoral tufts bright yellow, lower 

 breast, under tail-coverts, and under wing-coverts olive shaded ashy brown; bill and legs black; irides 

 dark brown. Total length 3'6 inches, culmen 0"65, wing 1*9, tail l - 4, tarsus 06. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive, including the least and median series of wing-coverts ; lower back slightly 

 shaded with yellow; quill and greater wing-coverts dark brown, broadly edged with olive-yellow; tail 

 black, the feathers narrowly edged with olive, and with pale tips, broadest on the outer ones; under- 

 parts, as well as the cheeks in front of the eye, and partial eyebrow pale yellow, fading almost into 

 white on the chin and upper throat ; under surface of the wings brown, with the inner margins of the 

 quills and the coverts white, the latter tinted with sulphur-yellow; bill brownish black, inclining to 

 flesh-colour at the base of the lower mandible ; legs brownish black ; irides dark brown. Total length 

 3"5 inches, culmen 0'6, wing l - 75, tail 1 - 1, tarsus 0"55. 



Hab. West Africa, from Senegal to Angola. 



