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anthodijita collakis. 



(NATAL COLLARED SUN-BIRD.) 



Le Sibcrier gamtocin on a cordon bleu, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 174, pi. 299 (1808); Sundev. 



Krit. om Levaill. p. 57 (1857). 

 Cinnyris collaris, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 502 (1819); Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. 



Meth. ii. p. 590 (1823); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 42 (1828); id. Diet. Class. d'Hist. Nat. 



xv. p. 511 (1829). 

 Nectarinia collaris, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 179, 251, pi. 6 (1843) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 97 (1847); Bp. Consp. i. p. 406. no. 5 (1850); Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 153; Mull. 



J. f. O. 1855, p. 13. no. 136; Gurney, Ibis, 18'60, p. 208; id. Ibis, 1864, p. 358; Finsch, 



J. f. O. 1867, p. 246 ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 77. no. 125 (1867) ; id. Ibis, 1869, p. 365 ; 



Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 108. no. 1314 (1869); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 41. no. 381 (1871); 



Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 70. no. 35. 

 Antlwdiceta collaris, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 100 (1850) ; Eeich. Handb. Scansorise, p. 293. 



no. 688, pi. 590. figs. 4005-6 (1854). 

 Nectarinia gamtocensis, Verr. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 152. 



6 ad. supra metafiice viridis, tectricibus alarum minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus : alis brunneis, 

 primariis olivascenti-fiavo, secundariis et tectricibus alarum majoribus metallice viridi marginatis : 

 gutture toto et prEepectore metallice viridibus dorso concoloribus, torque infra-rnarginante augusta 

 metallice violacea : corpore reliquo subtus flavo. 



2 ad. mari similis, sed subtus omnino flava. 



6 juv. fosminffi adultse similis. 



Hab. in parte orientali Africa australis. 



Adult Male. Upper parts metallic golden-green, including the least and median series of wing-coverts ; 

 greater series dark brown, with edgings of metallic green, as also the secondaries; primaries dark 

 brown, margined with olive-yellow; tail-feathers black, slightly paler at the tips, and edged with 

 metallic green; sides of head and neck, entire throat, and fore neck metallic green like the back, 

 followed by a narrow collar of metallic violet across the breast; remainder of under surface yellow, 

 faintly washed with olive on the sides of the body ; pectoral tufts bright yellow ; under wing-coverts 

 white, tinted with sulphur-yellow ; the lower surface of the quills brown, the inner webs margined with 

 white; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. Total length 3 - 8 inches, culmen - 5, wing 2 - l, tail 1*5, 

 tarsus - 65. 



Adult Female. Similar in plumage to the male, except that the entire under surface of the body and the 

 throat is yellow, rather paler towards the chin. Total length 3'6 inches, culmen - 5, wing T9, tail 1*5, 

 tarsus 0'6. 



Young Male. Similar in plumage to the adult female. -.., 



Hab. Natal and the adjacent parts of South-eastern Africa, as far westward as the Gamtoos river. 



