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CINNYEIS ACIK. 



(ACIK SCARLET-CHESTED SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia natalensis, Antin. Cat. p. 34 (1864, nee Jard.) ; Heugl. J. f. O. 1867, p. 202; 



Salvad. Atti R. Ace. Torino, 1870, p. 731, pi. 1, fig. 2. 

 Nectarinia cruentata, Heugl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 262 (part.); id. Syst. Uebers. p. 21 (1856, 



part.). 

 Nectarinia aciJc, Antin. J. f. O. 1866, p. 205 ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 230 (1871); Finsch 



& Hartl. Vog. Ost-Afr. pp. 217, 861 (1870). 

 Nectarinia senegalensis, vel acik, Heugl. Weissen Nil, p. 337 (1869). 



c? ad. supr&, velutinus, nigricanti-brunneus, alis caudaque vix pallidioribus et cupreo adumbratis : pileo circum- 

 scripte aurato-viridi, loris et facie lateral! dorso concoloribus : genis anticis metallice aurato-viridibus : 

 mento et gula summa metallice olivascenti-viridibus : gutture reliquo et pectore lsete scarlatinis, plumis 

 anguste chalybeo vix viridescente subterminaliter fasciatis : corpore reliquo subtiis velutino, brunnes- 

 centi-nigro, subcaudalibus vix brunnescentioribus : alis infra saturate brurmeis, subalaribus fere nigris : 

 rostro et pedibus nigris : iride nigra. 



? ad. supra brunnea, capitis et colli lateribus dorso concoloribus : alis caudaque saturatioribus et magis 

 bronzino-brunneis : remigibus pallide marginatis, et rectricibus anguste pallidius terminatis : corpore 

 subtiis saturate brunneo, plumis omnibus olivascenti-fiavo marginatis, pectore medio magis fiavicante : 

 subcaudalibus late flavicanti-fulvo marginatis : alis subtiis saturate brunneis, subalaribus late fulvido 

 marginatis. 



Hab. in terra, Nilotica superiore Africse septentrionali-orientalis.' 



Adult Male. Upper parts dark brown, as well as the sides of the head and neck ; wings and tail rather paler 

 and strongly shaded with copper ; forehead and crown metallic golden green ; chin and upper portion 

 of the throat metallic olive-green, flanked on the sides with broad cheek-bands of metallic golden green 

 of less extent than in C. senegalensis ; remainder of the throat and the front of the chest bright scarlet 

 vermilion, each feather with a narrow subterminal bar of steel-blue very slightly shaded with green ; 

 remainder of the body brownish black; under tail-coverts rather browner; under surface of the wings 

 dark brown, with the coverts almost black; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. Total length 

 5 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 2-6, tail 2, tarsus 0'6. 



Adult Female. Upper parts brown; sides of the head and neck the same colour; wings and tail darker and 

 more bronzy brown ; the wing-feathers with pale margins ; the tail-feathers with narrow pale ends ; 

 underparts dark brown, all the feathers edged with olive-shaded yellow, which edgings are most distinct 

 and yellowest down the centre of the lower breast ; under tail-coverts very broadly edged with yellowish 

 buff; under surface of the wings dark brown, the coverts with partial broad buff edges. Total length 

 4-5 inches, culmen - 8, wing 2'4, tail l - 8, tarsus 0'6. 



Hab. North-east Africa, Upper-White-Nile district. 



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