. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 36 NECTARINIIDJS. Cinnvris pectoralis, VieiU. N, Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 497 (1819); id.'Sue. Meth. ii. p. 58 (1823). Cinnviis sniaragdiuus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'JSist. Nat. xxxi. p. 508; id. Eiic. Meth. ii. p. 5'.).j; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 49 (1828). Cinnvris viridis, Vieill. N. Diet, cmist. Nat. xxxi. p. 515 (1819); id. Eiic. Meth. ii. p. 588 ("1823); Less. Man. d'Orn. li. p. 46. Bifasciated Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 285 (1822). Nectarinia smaragdina, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv. p. 513 (1829). Nectarinia afra, Jard. Moyioqr. S
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 36 NECTARINIIDJS. Cinnvris pectoralis, VieiU. N, Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 497 (1819); id.'Sue. Meth. ii. p. 58 (1823). Cinnviis sniaragdiuus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'JSist. Nat. xxxi. p. 508; id. Eiic. Meth. ii. p. 5'.).j; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 49 (1828). Cinnvris viridis, Vieill. N. Diet, cmist. Nat. xxxi. p. 515 (1819); id. Eiic. Meth. ii. p. 588 ("1823); Less. Man. d'Orn. li. p. 46. Bifasciated Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 285 (1822). Nectarinia smaragdina, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv. p. 513 (1829). Nectarinia afra, Jard. Moyioqr. Sun-birds, pp. 169, 247, pi. 2 (1843) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 97 (1847) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 22; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 76. Certhia erythrogastra, Shaw, Nat. Misc. xx. pi. 837 (1847). Cinnvi'is canora, Bj). C. A. i. p. 407 (1850) ; Beichenb. Handb. Seansor. p. 288, pi. 574. fig. 3913 (1854). Nectarinia scarlatina, Mi'dl. , p. 16 ; Grill, Zool. Anteekn. pp. 11, 39 (1858). Kectarinia ludovicensis, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. ii. p. 41 (1868); Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 107, no. 1304 (1869) ; Bocage, Orn. d'Angola, p. 169 (1877). Nectarinia canora, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 106, no. Bill of Cimtyris afra. Adult male. Quills and greater coTerts uniform blackish brown ; tail black; head aud neck all round, mantle, most of the wing- coverts, and back metallic bluish green ; chest and upper breast crimson ; pectoral tufts bright yellow; a narrow line between the red and the metallic green parts on the chest, and the upper tail- coverts metallic violet; rest of imderparts, including the under wing-coverts and thighs, ashy brown. Achdt female. Above rusty brown, with a slight olive tinge; tail blue-black, the outer pair of feathers with pale edges; underparts pale ashy brown, washed -ndth yellow on the centre of the breast and on the abdomen ; under wing-coverts aud edge of wing greyish white and yellowish. Culmen. Wiug. Tail. Tarsus, in. in. in. in. d 1-2 2-65 2-2 0-78 S 1-1 2-5 2
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