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CINNYEIS CEUENTATUS. 



(BLACK-THROATED SCARLET-BREASTED SUN-BIRD.) 



Cinnyris proteus, Riipp. Neue Wirb. p. 91 (1835). 



Nectarinia cruentata, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. pp. 26, 28, pi. 9 (1845) ; Brehm, J. f. O. 1853, 

 p. 456 ; Mull. J. f. O. 1855, p. 14, no. 145 ; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. VSg. N.O.-Afr. p. 21 

 (1856, part.); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii, p. 737, no. 1075 (1856); Heugl. 

 J. f. O. 1861, p. 194 ; Brehm, Habesch, pp. 211, 286 (1863) ; Heugl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 262, 

 part.; id. Reise Weissen Nil, p. 337(1869); Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 107, no. 1309 (1869); 

 Finsch, Trans. Zool. Soc. vii, p. 229 (1869) ; Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. p. 217, note 

 (1870); Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss, p. 352 (1870); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 228 (1871) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 39, no. 366 (1871). 



Soui-manga a poitrine ensanglantee, Lefebvre, Voy. Abyss, p. 87 (1845-50). 



Cinnyris cruentatus, Ferr. et Gal. Voy. Abyss, iii, p. 248 (1847); Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 406, 

 no. 6 (1850). 



Nectarinia natalensis, Sclater, Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 124. 



Chalcomitra cruentata, Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 279, no. 645, pi. 567, figs. 3864-65 

 (1854) ; Antin. & Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, iv, p. 450 (1873). 



Ad. similis C. gutturali, sed gula tota, nigra facile distinguendus. 



Hab. in Africa septentrionali-orientali. 



Adult Male. Brownish black ; forehead and crown metallic emerald-green ; wings, upper tail-coverts, and 

 tail coppery brown ; some of the least series of wing-coverts metallic violet ; remainder of the least 

 series of wing-coverts, the scapulars, and edges to the median series of coverts brownish black ; a short 

 moustachial band of metallic emerald- green, ending in a few metallic-violet feathers ; lower half of the 

 throat and front of the chest bright vermilion, each feather with a narrow subterminal steel-blue bar; 

 under tail-coverts browner and of a coppery shade ; under surface of the wings coppery brown, with the 

 coverts black ; bill and legs black ; irides dark brown. Total length 5 - 7 inches, culmen 095, wing 2 - 85*, 

 tail 2-2, tarsus 07. 



Adult Female. Upper parts brown, as well as the sides of the head and neck, and the least series of wing- 

 coverts ; remainder of the wings, upper tail-coverts, and tail coppery brown ; uuderparts buff, tinted 

 with yellow down the centre of the breast ; chin and throat dark brown, very slightly mottled with buff; 

 front and sides of the chest strongly mottled with dark brown ; a clearly denned buff band from the 

 lores down each side of the throat ; under surface of the wings brown, with pale inner margins to the 

 quills, and the coverts barred with buff; bill and legs black ; irides dark brown. Total length 4 - 8 inches, 

 culmen - 85, wing 2 - 5, tail 1'9, tarsus - 65. 



Young Male. Somewhat similar to the adult female, but with the upper parts shaded with olive; under- 

 pays pale yellow ; chin and throat black ; the mottling on the chest blacker, and inclining to bars. 



Hab. North-east Africa. 



