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S31 



ANTHODIJITA RECTIROSTRIS. 



(GREY-CHESTED COLLARED SUN-BIRD.) 



Soui-manga a bee droit, Audeb. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 112, pi. 75 (1802). 



Certhia rectirostris, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 246 (1811, ex Aucl. et Vieill.) ; Bechst. Kurze 



Uebers. p. 1 94. no. 84 (1812). 

 Cinnyrk rectirostris, Cuv. Regn. Anim. i. p. 412 (1817); Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 405. no. 16 



(1850). 

 Cinnyris elegans, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 506 (1819) ; Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. Meth. 



ii. p. 590 (1823); Vieill. et Oud. Gal. Ois. i. p. 292, pi. 178 (1825); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. 



p. 60 (1828) ; id. Traite, p. 298 (1831). 

 Strait-billed Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 259. no. 61 (1822). 

 Nectarinia rectirostris, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 271 (1843); Mull. J. f. O. 1855, p. 15. 



no. 165 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 109. no. 1335 (1869). 

 Euchloridia rectirostris, Eeichb. Hand. Scansorice, p. 312. no. 730, pi. 590. fig. 4003 (1854). 

 Nectarinia phceothorax, Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 108 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 107. no. 1296 



(1869) ; Sharpe, Cat. Air. B. p. 41. no. 383 (1871). 

 Nectarinia fantensis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, pp. 52, 474; Hartl. I. c. p. 443. 

 Nectarinia tephrolcema (juv.), Sharpe, Ibis, 1872, p. 69. 



6 ad. supra metallice cupreo-viridis, vix cyaneo nitens, tectricibus alarum dorso concoloiibus, majoribus 

 extiis cupreo marginatis : remigibus saturate brunneis, extiis olivaceo limbatis, secundariis intimis vix 

 metallice viridi marginatis : Cauda nigricante, olivascenti-flavo vel metallice viridi marginata : facie 

 laterali metallice cupreo-viridi, pileo concolori : gula flava : torque jugulari metallice viridi, altera prce- 

 pectorali aurantiaca : pectore cinereo, abdomine et corporis lateribus olivascenti-flavis, subcaudalibus 

 laetioribus flavis : fasciculis pectoralibus lsete flavis : subalaribus albidis flavo lavatis : rostro et pedibus 

 nigris : iride saturate brunnea. 



$ ad. mari dissimilis : supra olivacea : supereilio et fascia suboculari sulfureis : remigibus brunneis, olivas- 

 centi-flavo marginatis : supr& fulvescenti-flava. 



6 juv. similis fceminse adultse, sed paullo metallice lavatus: gula, cinerascenti-alba : corpore reliquo subtus 

 sulfureo. 



Hab. in Africa occidentali. 



Adult Male. Upper parts metallic golden green, sbading into olive-yellow on the lower back and upper 

 tail-coverts ; sides of the bead and neck metalbc golden green, as are also the least and median wing- 

 coverts ; a black patch in front of the eye ; remainder of the wings and the tail dark brown, the feathers 

 edged with olive-yellow; chin and upper throat yellow, ending in a semicircle bordered by a broad 

 metallic- green collar on the lower throat, beneath which is a partial orange-yellow belt ; remainder of 

 the under surface of the body ashy, shaded with yellow on the abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; 

 pectoral tufts sulphur-yellow ; under surface of the wings brown, with the coverts and inner margins of 

 the quills white; irides dark brown; bill and legs black. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0'5, wing 2 - 2, 

 tail 1"4, tarsus 6. 



