

ANTHODOTA TEPHEOL^MA. 



(GREY-THROATED COLLARED SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia tephrolcema, Jard. & Fraser, Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 154; Jard. Contr. Orn. 1852, 



p. 59; Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 12. no. 116; Miill. J. f. O. 1855, p. 16. no. 170; Hartl. 



Orn. W. Afr. p. 51. no. 148 (1857); Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 36 ; Heine, J. f. O. 



1860, p. 137 ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 109 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 108. no. 1319 (1869) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 41. no. 384 (1871). 

 Anthodiceta tephrolcema, Reichb. Hand. Scansorise, p. 294. no. 689 (1854). 

 Tephrolcema resplendens, Heine, J. f. O. 1860, p. 137. 



cJ ad. supra aurato-viridis : dorso postico, uropygio et supracaudalibus olivascenti-flavis : tectricibus alarum 

 minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus, majoribus autem, remigibus rectricibusque nigris olivaceo-flavo 

 limbatis : capite laterali dorso concolori : loris nigricantibus : mento et gula, cinereis, gutture et prse- 

 pectore aurato-viridibus : torque jugulari aurautiaco : pectore superiore cinereo, corpore reliquo subtus 

 pallide olivascenti-flavo : fasciis pectoralibus lsete flavis : rostro nigro : pedibus brunneis : iride saturate 

 brunnea. 



o ad. mari dissimilis : supra olivacea, uropygio vix flavicante : alis saturate brunneis, tectricibus olivaceo, 

 remigibus olivascenti-flavo limbatis : rectricibus brunnescenti-nigris, versus apicem pallidioribus, olivas- 

 cente marginatis : subtus olivacea sulfureo lavata, gutture et pectore laterali paullo cinerascentibus. 



d juv. similis fceminae adultse : subtus sulfureus, hypocbondriis et subcaudalibus vix olivaceo lavatis : mento et 

 gula albicantibus. 



Hab. in Africa occidentali. 



Adult Male. Upper parts golden green, also tbe least and median series of wing-coverts ; lower portion of 

 tbe back, upper tail-coverts, and tbe edges of tbe quills and tail-feathers olive- yellow ; remainder of the 

 wings and tail dark brown ; sides of the head golden green, with a black patch in front of the eye ; chin 

 and upper throat ashy grey ; remainder of the throat and the sides of the neck golden green ; a narrow 

 orange collar on the crop ; chest ashy grey ; pectoral tufts bright yellow ; abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts very pale olive-yellow ; bill black ; legs and irides dark brown. Total length 3"3 inches, culmeu 

 0-5, wing 2-2, tail 1-3, tarsus 06. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive, slightly yellower on the lower back ; wings dark brown, the coverts edged 

 with olive, and the quills with olive-yellow ; tail brownish black, the feathers edged with olive and with 

 pale ends ; underparts olive shaded sulphur-yellow, slightly more ashy on the throat and sides of the 

 breast. Total length 3'7o inches, culmen 0'5, wing 2'1, tail l - 4, tarsus 06. 



Young Male. Upper parts similar to adult female ; underparts, chin and throat ashy white slightly tinted 

 with yellow ; below sulphur-yellow, paler and slightly washed with olive on the flanks and under tail- 

 coverts. Total length 3'4 inches, culmen 0'5, wing l - 9, tail l - 35, tarsus 0"6. 



Hab. West Africa from the Niger district to Angola. 



