

CINNYRIS ANGOLENSIS. 



(ANGOLA SUN-BIRD.) 



ICinnyris rubescens, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi, p. 506 (1819); Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. 



Meth. p. 593 (1823); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 61 (1828); Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 406, no. 10 



(1850). 

 %Nectarinia rubescens, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv, p. 512 (1829); Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, 



p. 274 (1842); Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 10; Mull. J. f. O. 1855, p. 14; Hartl. Orn. W.- 



Afr. p. 49 (1857) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 107, no. 1297 (1869). 

 Cinnyris angolensis, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 295, no. 15 (1831); Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 



1853, p. 486 ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 423. 

 Nectarinia strangeri, Jard. Ann. Nat. Hist, x, p. 187, pi. 13 (1842); id. Monogr. Sun-birds, 



pp: 198, 257 (1842); Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. N. S. pi. 48 (1842); Allen & Thomson, 



Exped. Niger, ii, App. p. 501 (1848).; Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 313; Hartl. 



J. f. O. 1854, p. 10; Miill. J. f. O. 1855, p. 15. 

 Cinnyris strangeri, Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 406, no. 8 (1850) ; id. Comptes Rendus, 1854, p. 265. 

 Chalcomitra strangeri, Reichb. Handb. Scansoriee, p. 280, no. 647, pi. 568, fig. 3875 (1854). 

 Nectarinia angolensis, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. pp. 45, 270 (1857) ; Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 



1859, p. 35; Hartl. & Monteiro, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 110; Hartl. J. f. O. 1860, p. 136; id. 



J. f. O. 1861, p. 108 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 107, no. 1311 (1869) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, 



pp. 609, 615; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 39, no. 363 (1871); Reichenow, J. f. O. 1875, p. 30; 



Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche, p. 13 (1875). 



<5 ad. supra velutino-brunneus, alis caudaque dorso concoloribus et bronzino nitentibus : loris, fronte basali 

 et plumis anteocularibus velutino-nigris : fronte metallice viridi, postea chalybea, vertice medio metallice 

 lilacino : fascia mystacali chafybeo-viridi : gutture metallice olivascenti-viridi, fascia niarginante jugulari 

 metallice lilacina, plumis scarlatino apicatis : corpore reliquo subtus velutino-brunneo : rostro et pedibus 

 nigris : iride saturate brunnea. 



2 sordide chocolatino-brunnea, remigibus vix pallidiore bruuneo marginatis : rectricibus bruimeis, externis 

 anguste ad apicem pallidioribus vix albidis : fronte nigricantiore : loris et fascia superciliari fuscescen- 

 tibus : regione parotica chocolatina : subtiis fulvescens, juguli et pectoris plumis brunneis fulvido mar- 

 ginatis., quasi marmoratis : bypochondriis et subcaudalibus longitudinaliter brunneo notatis. 



Hab. in Africa occidentali. 



Adult Male. Dark brown with a slight bronzy gloss ; forehead and in front of the eyes black ; front half 

 of the crown metallic emerald-green with the back half or occiput metallic lilac, these colours separated 

 by a few steel-bine feathers; loral band metallic emerald-green partially shaded with blue; chin black; 

 throat metallic green of a golden or olive shade, margined by a very narrow metallic violet collar, the 

 feathers of which are partially tipped with scarlet; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. Total 

 length 4 - 8 inches, culmen 0"75, wing 2'6, tail V7, tarsus 06. 



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