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CINNYEIS SENEGALENSIS. 



(WEST-AFRICAN SCARLET-CHESTED SUN-BIRD. 



Grimpereau violet du Senegal, Briss. Ora, iii, p. 660, no. 29, pi. 34, fig. 2 (1760). 



Certhia senegalensis, Linn. S. N. i, p. 186, no. 14 (1766) ; P. L. S. Mull. S. N. ii, p. 258 (1773) ; 



Gm. S. N. i, p. 477(1788); Lath. Ind. Orn. i, p. 284, no. 10 (1790); Shaw, Gen. Zool. 



viii, p. 205, pi. 79, figs. 1, 2 (1811); Bechst. Kurze Uebers. p. 178, no. 10 (1812). 

 Soui-manga violet a poitrine rouge, Montb. Hist. Ois. v, p. 500 (1778); Aud. et Vieill. Ois. 



Dor. ii, p. 25, pi. 8 (1802). 

 Senegal Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. B. ii, p. 209, no. 9 (1782); id. Gen. Hist. B. iv, p. 236. 



no. 25, note f (1822). 

 Sucrier Protee, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi, p. 165, pi. 295, fig. 2 (1808, part.) ; Sundev. Krit. om 



Levaill. p. 57 (1857). 

 Cinnyris senegalensis, Cuv. Eegn. Anim. i, p. 412 (1817); Hahn, Orn. Atlas, Cinnyris, p. 2, 



no. 1 (1834); Swains. B. W. Afr. ii, p. 127(1837); Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 408, no. 33 



(1850); Cab. Mus. Hein. i, p. 102, no. 557 (1850). 

 Cinnyris discolor, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi, p. 519 (1819); Bonn, et Vieill. Enc 



Meth. ii, p. 589 (1823); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 46 (1828). 

 Nectarinia senegalensis, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 15 (1823); Drapier, Diet. Class, xv, p. 515 



(1829) r Kittl. Kupf. Vog. p. 22, pi. 28, fig. 2 (1833); Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 191, 255, 



pi. 11 (1842) ; Hartl. J. f. 0. 1854, p. 10 ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 55 (1854) ; Mull. J. f. O. 



1855, p. 13, no. 143; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 49, no. 139 (1857); Dohrn, P. Z. S. 1866, 



p. 331 ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. i, p. 135, no. 37 (1866) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 107, no. 1306 



(1869); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 39, no. 367(1871); Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche &c. p. 13 



(1875). 

 Chalcomitra senegalensis, Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 278, no. 643, pi. 567, figs. 3866-67 



(1854). 



<$ ad. supra saturate velutino-brUnneus, tectricibus alarum minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus : majoribus 

 cum remigibus, supracaudalibus rectricibusque conspicue pallidius bruuneis : pileo metallice aurato- 

 viridi : loris et facie laterab dorso concoloribus : genis metallice aurato-viridibus : mento metallice 

 olivaceo-viridi : gutture reliquo et pectore lsete scarlatinis, plumis celatim metallice cyanescenti-viridi 

 anguste transfasciatis : corpore reliquo subtus velutino-nigricante, versus supracaudales pallidiore : ala 

 subtus bronzino-brunnea, subalaribus saturatioribus : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride saturate brunnea. 



5 ad. supra brunnea, capite laterali et colli lateribus dorso concoloribus : cauda, absque bronzino-brunneis, 

 primariis albido limbatis : rectricibus anguste paUidius terminatis : corpore subtus fulvescente, gutturis 

 plumis brunneis fulvido marginatis et pectoris plumis medialiter brunneis, quasi marmoratis : bypo- 

 cbondriis brunneo lavatis : subcaudalibus saturate brunneis : remigibus infrk saturate brunneis, intus 

 fulvido marginatis : subalaribus fulvidis flavo lavatis, basabter saturate brunneis. 



Hab. in Africa occidentab. 



Adult Male. Back and sides of tbe bead and neck, back, scapulars, least and median series of wing-coverts 



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