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CINNYEIS ADELBEETL 



(BUFF-THROATED SUN-BIRD.) 



Cinnyris adelberti, Gerv. Mag. Zool. iii, pi. 19 (1834). 



Nectarinia eboensis, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 244 (1842). 



Nectarinia adelberti, Jard. torn. cit. p. 257, pi. 30; Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. 1842, pi. 49; 

 Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 404, no. 4; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 10, no. 104; Mull. J. f. O. 1855, 

 p. 15, no. 159 ; Hartl. Orn.-W. Afr. p. 44 (1857) ; id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 108 ; Gray, Hand-1. 

 B. i, p. 107, no. 1310 (1869); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 37, no. 350 (1871); Shelley & 

 Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 287 ; Reichenow, J. f. 0. 1873, p. 217; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 5S; 

 Reichenow, J. f. O. 1875, p. 30. 



Cinnyris eboensis, Allen & Thorns. Exped. Niger, ii, App. p. 502 (1848). 



Chalcomitra adelberti, Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 279, no. 646, pi. 568, figs. 3876-77 

 (1854). 



Nectarinia angolensis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 383; 1870, p. 473. 



6 ad. supra velutino-niger, scapularibus magis brunnescentibus : tectricibus alarum ochrascenti-cervinis : 

 remigibus saturate brunneis extus ochrascenti-castaneo marginatis : cauda nigra, : fronte et vertice 

 metallice smaragdinis : loris et facie laterali, mento et gula, summa nigris, genis anticis smaragdinis : 

 gula ima, et jugulo ochrascenti-fulvis ad latera colli dilatatis : fascia distincta prsepectorali nigra : 

 corpore reliquo subtus saturate ochrascenti-castaneo, subalaribus pallidioribus et potiiis scapularibus 

 concoloribus : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride saturate brunnea. 



2 ad. supra olivascens, pileo vix obscuriore : tectricibus alarum remigibusque bronzino-brunneis, olivascenti- 

 flavo limbatis : rectricibus saturate brunneis, versus apicem pallidioribus : subtus fulvescenti-flava, 

 gula. cano lavata : genis pallidius flavis : linea supercdiari flavida. indistincta, : pectore marmorato, 

 plumis medialiter brunneo notatis : subalaribus albis, medialiter brunneis flavo lavatis : remigibus 

 saturate brunneis, intus albo margiuatis. 



Hab. in Africa occidentali. 



Adult Male. Head and back of the neck black, shading into brownish black on the back and tail ; forehead, 

 crown, and lores metallic emerald-green ; scapulars rather paler than the back and shaded with rufous ; 

 wings brownish black, with the least and median series of wing-coverts and broad edges to the greater 

 coverts fawn-colour; the primary-coverts and quills more narrowly edged with rufous brown; chin and 

 upper half of the throat black, remainder of the throat rich buff margined by a collar of black feathers ; 

 remainder of the body and the under tail-coverts bright chestnut ; under surface of the wings bronzy 

 brown, with the coverts fawn-colour; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. Total length 4 inches, 

 culmen 0'7, wing 2 - 3, tail 1'5, tarsus 0'55. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive ; wings and tail dark bronzy brown ; the least series of wing-coverts and 

 the margins of the greater coverts and quills olive-yellow ; tail-feathers partially edged with the same 



