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CINNYEIS CYANOLJEMTJS. 



(BLUE-THROATED OLIVE SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia cyanolcema, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 154; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 11. no. Ill ; 



Mull. J. f. O. 1855. p. 15. no. 168 ; Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 51. no. 147 (1857) ; Cass. Pr. 



Philad. Acad, 1859, p. 36. no. 42 ; Hartl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 110 ; id. J. f. 0. 1860, p. 136 ; 



id. J.f. O. 1861, p. 109; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 108. no. 1318 (1869); Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, 



p. 477; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 37. no. 345 (1871); id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 133; Ussher, Ibis, 



1874, p. 58. 

 Anthodioeta cyanoloema, Reichb. Hand-b. Scansoriae, p. 294. no. 688 (1854). 

 Cmnyris cyanolcemus, Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. S. Z. France, i. p. 41 (1876). 



d ad. brurmeus : pileo summo et gutture toto metallice viridibus violaceo nitentibus : fasciis pectoralibus laete 

 sulfureis : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride saturate brunnea. 



2 ad. supra, brunnea, plumis olivascenti-flavo late marginatis, capite unicolori : dorso imo, uropygio et supra- 



caudalibus eodem colore lavatis : rectricibus albo terminatis : capite laterali brumieo, striga supra- et 

 infraoculari albida : subtus albescens, gutture mediano vix brunneo adumbrato, pectore superiore obscure 

 griseo marmorato : hypocbondriis, cum abdomine tibiisque et subcaudalibus, olivascenti-flavo lavatis. 



3 juv. sirailis feminfe adultse, sed pilei summi plumis quibusdam metallicis, pectore superiore olivascenti-viridi 



vix marmorato. 



Hab. iu Africa occidentali. 



Adult Male. Upper parts brown, including tbe sides of tbe head and neck, the wings and tail, the latter 

 with slightly paler ends to the feathers ; forehead, crown, chin, and throat deep metallic green shaded 

 with violet; breast, under tail-coverts, and under surface of the wings slightly paler brown than the 

 back; pectoral tufts pale sulphur-yellow; bill and legs black; hides dark brown. Total length 

 5 - 7 inches, culmen 0'9, wing 2 p 7, tail 2 - 5, tarsus - 7. 



Adult Female. Upper parts brown, including the wings and tail, the feathers broadly edged with olive- 

 yellow, which colour predominates on the lower back and upper tail-coverts; the tail with pale ends^ 

 broadest on the outer feathers ; forehead and crown scarcely tinted with olive ; sides of the head brown, 

 with a white band above and below the eye ; underparts white, the throat shaded with pale brown, the 

 chest faintly mottled with less-rufous brown ; abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts washed 

 with pale olive-yellow ; under surface of the wings brown, with the coverts and the inner margins of 

 the quills white ; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. Total length 5"5 inches, culmen - 8, wing 2'55, 

 tail 2"2, tarsus 0'7. 



Young Male. Similar in plumage to the female ; but with a few metallic feathers on the crown, the chest 

 slightly mottled with olive-green, and the under wing-coverts shaded with yellow. 



Hab. West Africa. 

 The present West-African species, which ranges from the Gold Coast to Angola, is nowhere 



