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ANTHODIjETA eypodila. 



(WEST-AFRICAN COLLARED SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia hypodilus, Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 153; Hartl. J. f, O. 1854, p. 12. no. 115; 



Mull. J. f. O. 1855, p. 16. no. 169; Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 52. no. 149 (1857); Bocage, 



Jorn. Lisb. i. p. 135. no. 36 (1866); Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 108. no. 1317 (1869); 



Reichenow, J. f. O. 1875, p. 31. 

 Nectarinia collaris, Verr. in Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851, p. 152 (nee Vieill.). 

 Anthodiceta subcollaris, Reich. Handb. Scansorise, p. 293. no. 686, pi. 590. figs. 4007-8 (1854). 

 Anthodioeta hypodelos, Reich. Handb. Scansorise, p. 293. no. 687 (ex Jard.). 

 Nectarinia subcollaris, Hartl. Om. W.Afr. p. 52. no. 150 (1857); Cass. Pr. Philad. Acad. 



1859, p. 36 ; Heine, J. f. 0. 1860, p. 137 ; Hartl. I. c. p. 109 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 108. 



no. 1315 (1869) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 478 ; id. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 609, 615 ; id. Cat. Afr. 



B. p. 41. no. 382 ; id. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 717 ; id. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 306 ; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, 



p. 60. 



<3 ad. similis A. collari, sed secundariis viridi, haud metallice marginatis distinguendus. 



2 ad. rnari similis, sed subtus flava. 



Hab. in Africa occidentals 



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

 greater series and the quills dark brown, with edgings of olive-yellow ; a few of the greater coverts 

 occasionally partially edged with metallic green ; tail black, the feathers edged with metallic green and 

 with slightly paler ends ; 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; hides dark brown. Total length 3'8 inches, culmen 0"5, wing 2, tail 1*3, 

 tarsus 0"6. 



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

 throat are yellow, rather paler towards the chin. Total length 3"4 inches, culmen - 55, wing L95, 

 tail 1*3, tarsus 06. 



Young Male. Similar in plumage to the adult female. 



Hab. West Africa from Senegal to Angola. 



The Collared Sun-bird, which inhabits the western side of the African continent, is met with 

 through the entire forest-region and in the adjacent islands. The Bremen Museum contains 

 examples from the river Gambia ; and M. Jules Verreaux has received it from Casamanze, while 



