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blue and the underparts white, males with a pale yellow pectoral tuft, and 
females with the abdomen yellowish besides having the metallic blue only 
on the upper tail-coverts ; the most striking character of this genus is the 
greater length of the wing, seeming to show an ancestral migratory habit, 
the difference between the longest primaries and the longest secondaries 
being more than the length of the hind toe and claw; the feet are stout 
and the bill is short and only slightly curved, rather broad at the base. 
Shelley has applied the name of Cinnyricinclus Lesson to this genus, with 
the type species as C. longuemarii] but Reichenow applies this to the plum- 
coloured Starling (C. leucogaster) and it becomes necessary therefore to 
propose a new name: Lamprothreptes gen. nov., type Cinnyris longmari 
Lesson. Finally, Anthodiaeta Cabanis, type A. collaris Vieill., is markedly 
different from all the preceding in its very small size, and short and finely 
pointed bill ; both sexes are metallic green above and males differ only in 
the metallic colouring on the chest and throat. 
The species occurring within our limits may be grouped as follows: 
Anthodiaeta collaris collaris (Vieill.). 
A. collaris zambesiensis (Shelley, cf. Oberholser, Proc. US. Nat. Mus. xxviii. 
926). 
Gtmningia reichenowi {Gunn.). 
Adelinus olivaceus (A. Smith). (C. daviesi Haagner is a synonym.) 
A. olivacinus (Ptrs.). 
Elaeocerthia verroxi verroxi (A. Sm.). 
E. verroxi fischeri (Rchw.). 
Aethocinnyris afer (L.). 
A. ludovicensis (Boc.). 
A. {Microcinnyris) chalyheus chalyheus (L.). 
A. {Microcinnyris) chalyheus subalaris (Rchw.). 
A. {Microcinnyris) neergardi (C. Grant) {Ibis, 1911, p. 274). 
Eremicinnyris fuscus (Vieill.). 
Shelleyia shelleyi (Alex.). 
Eucinnyris talatala (A. Smith). Cf. Hellmayr, Nov. Zool. xxiii. 108, not a 
synonym of E. leucogaster (Vieill.). 
E. venustus niassae (Rchw.). 
Maricornis mariquensis mariquensis (A. Smith). 
M. mariquensis ovampensis (Rchw.). Cf. Vog. Afrik. iii. 480, 1904. 
M. microrhynchus (Shell.). 
Aidemonia cuprea (Shaw). Cf. Alexander, Ibis, 1899, p. 555. 
Sclaterornis arturi (P. L. ScL). Cf. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. xix. 30. 
Nectarinia famosa (L.). 
Anthobaphes violacea (L.). 
Chalcomitra amethystina (Shaw). 
C. kirki (Shell.). 
C. {Baptothorax) gutturalis gutturalis (L.). 
C. {Baptothorax) gutturalis saturatior (Rchw.). 
ZOSTEROPIDAE 
Zoster Ops vaalensis Gunning and Roberts {Ann. Transvaal Mus. in. 
1 14, 1911) must be added to our list; it occurs side by side with Z. pallida 
Swainson on the Vaal River, and would seem to be allied to Z. anderssoni, 
from which it differs in having light brownish on the sides of the breast; 
it differs from Z. pallida in having the middle of the underparts like the 
