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Show 326 DR. H . D O H R N O N T H E BIRDS O F PRINCE'S ISLAND, [June 12, 5. NECTARINIA HARTLAUBI, Verreaux. Not uncommon ; the male birds seem to occur more frequently than the females. The colouring of adult birds is known; young birds are very much like old females ; by-and-by the yellow feathers of the throat and breast are changed into grey, and soon after begin to show blue metallic spots. Having observed these different stages of growth at the same time, I think that the time of hatching and breeding of these birds must be very irregular. According to the assertion of the natives they keep their nests during the whole year. I found great difficulty in getting a specimen; they build it in well-protected spots, hidden among bushes ; it hangs down from a branch ; and it is egg-shaped, with a small circular aperture on one side somewhat above the centre. It is 7-8 inches long, the diameter of the centre about 4 inches, of the aperture only 1| inch. Its outside is woven of grass and pieces of dead leaves ; inside it is well fitted with a thick and soft layer of cotton collected from different plants. I doubt if this species has been found in Angola, mistakes in locality in these parts being very common ; for cruisers and merchant vessels usually touch at several places of the coast and the adjacent islands, and, if special care be not taken, collections from different places are easily mixed up together. 6. NECTARINIA FRASERI, Jard. This species lives in higher regions than N. hartlaubi, and frequents the branches of trees. The male bears a strong resemblance to the female of the former species, with the exception of the yellow axillary feathers, the greyish-brown legs, and the rather grey breast. Also the iris is less dark than in N. hartlaubi. The female is smaller, without the yellow feathers. I have not seen the nest, nor young birds, nor eggs. The name for these two species in the island is " Beixa-flores." 7. CUPHOPTERUS DOHRNI, Hartl., nov. gen. et nov. sp. (PI. XXXIV.) Char. gen. Rostrum mediocre, subrotundatum, carinatum, vix emarginatum, tomiis pallidis, subpellucidis; culmine apicem versus arcuato, deflexo, gonyde ante apicem adscendente; vi-brissis vix ullis. Alar breves, caudar basin parum super antes; remige primo spurio, quarto longissimo, quinto vix breviore. Cauda longiuscula. Pedes satis robusti; tarsus longiusculus, scutellatus; digitus externus et interims subarquales; ungues parvi, debiles. Char. spec. Supra obsolete olivaceo-cinerascens, pileo magis cine-rascente ; uropygio subolivascente ; alis et cauda dorso concoloribus, subalaribus et flexura alar albis ; remigum marginibus internis basin versus albis; gutture circumscripte albo; loris obscurius tinctis ; abdomine albido-flavescente ; hypochondrio-rum maculis nonnullis longitudinalibus fasciaque pectorali me-dialiter angustata cinerascentibus; rostro brunnescentc, man- |