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PASSERES. 
Promerops cafer , Gray : Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 74. 
a Cape of Good Hope (A. Strickland) 1832. — b , — c Cape of 
Good Hope (N G. Strickland) 1838. 
Nectarinia. 
Nectarinia, Illiger, Prodr. p. 210 (1811). 
775. Nectarinia famosa. 
Certhia famosa , Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 187. 
Nectarinia famosa , Shelley, Mon. Cinn. 
a g, — b f Cape of Good Hope ( A . Strickland) 1832. — c 
$ Cape of Good Hope (A. Strickland) 1833. — d (N. C. Strick- 
land) 1838. 
776. Nectarinia violacea. 
Certhia violacea , Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 188. 
Nectarinia violacea , Jard. Mon. Sun-birds, p. 200, pi. 16. 
Anthobaphes violacea, Shelley, Mon. Cinn. 
a <J, — b $ Cape of Good Hope, April 16 (A. Strickland) 
1832. 
777. Nectarinia pulchella. 
Certhia pulchella , Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 187. 
Nectarinia pulchella, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 216 ( partim ) : 
Shelley, Mon. Cinn. 
a ( Mather ) 1840. — b $ Kordofan 17 Aug. (J. Petherick) 
1848. — c {Argent) 1851. 
A second Kordofan specimen marked A. pulchella by Strickland 
seems to be an immature example of N. platyura. 
778. Nectarinia metallica. 
Nectarinia metallica, Hemp. & Ehr. Symb. Phys. Av. fol. a 
pi. 1 : Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 216. 
Hedydipna metallica, Cab.: Shelley, Mon. Cinn. 
a £, — b $ Kordofan October (J. Petherick) 1848. 
779. Nectarinia platyura. 
Cinnyris platurus, Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. N. xxxi. p. 501. 
Nectarinia cyanopygos, Licht. Yerz. Doubl. p. 15. 
a {Mather) 1840. — b Kordofan 17 August {J. Petherick) 
1848. 
