CINNTEIS. 23 



Ciimyris leucogaster, Vieill. 

 (Plate I. fig. 16.) 



Cinnyris talatala, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds 8. Africa, p. 318 (1875-84) ; 



Shelley, Monoyr. Nect. p. 229 (1876-80). 

 Cmnyris leucogaster, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 40 (1884) ; Shelley, 



Birds Afr. ii. p. 58 (1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 46 (1906). 



An egg, said to be that of the South-African White-breasted 

 Sun-bird, is of a regular oval shape and devoid of gloss. It is pale 

 greenish-grey, spotted with blackish-brown and lavender-grey. The 

 markings are all small and distinct, but the edges of many of them 

 are blurred and run into the surrounding ground-colour. This 

 specimen measures "75 by "5. 



1. Natal. Dr. Gueinzius [C.]. 



Cinnyris sonimanga {Omel.). 



Nectariuia souimanga, E. Newton, Ibis, 1863, p. 342, pi. xiii. fig. 1 ; 



Milne-Edwards ^ Orandidier, Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. i. p. 277, 



pi. 302. fig. 10 (1879); Cowan, Proc. R. Phys. Soc. Edinb. vii. 



p. 148 (1882). 

 Cinnyris souimanga, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 245 (1876-80) ; Oadow, 



Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 43 (1884) ; Shelley, Birds Afr. ii. p. 68 



(1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 48 (1906). 



The eggs of the Madagascar Buff-breasted Sun-bird resemble 

 those of Arachnechihra asiatica so closely that they require no 

 separate description. Eight examples measure from -59 to "65 in 

 length, and from -41 to -49 in breadth. 



Cinnyris afer (Linn.). 



Cinnyris afer, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 313 (1875-84) ; 



Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 249 (1876-80) ; id.. Birds Afr. ii. p. 72 



(1900) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 48 (1906). 

 Cinnyris afra, Gadow, Cat. Birds B. M. ix. p. 35 (1884) ; Nehrh. Eat. 



Eiersamml. p. 76 (1899). 



An egg of the Greater Double-collared Sun-bird is of a broad 

 oval shape and almost devoid of gloss. It is of a olive-grey colour, 

 very densely mottled all over with dark greyish-broWn. It measures 

 ■6 by -49. 

 1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]- 



