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Show 1889.] BIRDS F R O M EASTERN AFRICA. 365 49. NECTARINIA KILIMENSIS. Nectarinia kilimensis, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 555; 1885, p. 227. o* . Kilimanjaro, August. 50. NECTARINIA REICHENOWI. Drepanorhynchus reichenowi, Fisch. J. f. O. 1884, p. 56; id. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 338 ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 139. Nectarinia reichenowi, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 556, pi. 51 ; 1885, p. 227. o" 2 • Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., August. 51. CINNYRIS MICRORHYNCHUS. Cinnyris microrhynchus, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 570 ; Schal. J. f. O. 1883, p. 360 ; Fisch. Zeitschr. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 339 ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 139. 3. Teita. August. 52. CINNYRIS AFFINIS. Cinnyris affinis, Riipp., Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 239, pi. 74. fig. 2; id. P.Z.S. 1885, p. 228. 3 2 • Kilimanjaro, August. 53. CINNYRIS MEDIOCRIS. Cinnyris mediocris, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 228. 2 . Kilimanjaro, 5000-6000 ft. o* juv. Useri river, July 9. 54. CINNYRIS HUNTERI, n. sp. (Plate XLI. fig. 2.) Adult male. General plumage velvety black ; forehead and front with three quarters of the crown metallic green, the hinder feathers of which are glossed with violet; occiput, nape, back, and scapulars velvet-black, with the rump and upper tail-coverts metallic violet ; wings and tail very dark bronze-brown, with a metallic violet patch on the front of the wing, formed by the whole of the least series of wing-coverts; sides of the head and the underparts velvet-black ; a metallic green moustache from beneath the gape ; lower half of the throat and the crop glossy red like sealing-wax, with a few metallic violet bands, most numerous towards the upper throat, where they somewhat form a marginal band between the black upper and red lower throat; the red feathers on the crop have a narrow yellow band between their red ends and black bases; under wing-coverts velvet-black; quills and tail as above; bill and legs black. Total length 5-6 inches, culmen 1*1, wing 2*85, tail 2*1, tarsus 0*7. The females as well as the young males are almost indistinguishable from skins in corresponding plumage of C. gutturalis. From all the other scarlet-throated Sun-birds, the present species is distinguished by the metallic patch on the wing-coverts and lower back. o* 2 • Useri river, July. |
