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Fara. CUCULIDiE. 

 Genus, COUYTHAIX. ' 



Corytiiaix Burchelii. 



C. capxite cristate, crista et nucha purpureas; capislro et an- 

 nulo circa oculoi iucido viridibus; cervicc et parte anterior* 

 dorsi viridibus; parte posUriore dorsi, uropygio, caudaqu* 

 ca:ruleis ; ventre injimo cceruleo-nigro. 



Head crested, crest and nape brilliant purple; front, and a 

 circle round each eye, deep shining green; cervex and inter- 

 scapulars light green with a shade "of brownish re<$; scapulars, 

 shoulders, back, rump, and tail, blue, varying in brilliancy; 

 the tad slightly rounded. Piimary quill feathers black with a 

 tinge of blue, and the inner vanes towards the middle of the 

 feathers crimson ; chin, throat, and sides of neck, grass ^reen ; 

 breast green with a shade of reddish; anterior part of belly 

 dark preen; posterior part and vent blackish blue: leps, toes, 

 claws, and bill, black. Length sixteen inches, of which the 

 tail forms nearly the "half. Inhabits the country about Port 

 Natal, and is nampd in honor of the indefatigable traveller and 

 eminent botanist Wm. liurchel, Esq. author of Travels in South 

 Africa, &c. 



Fam. CINNYRID/E. ' 

 Gcdus, CINNYRIS. 

 CiVkyris Vevoxii. 



C. supra snbviridis vialaceo umbrata; infra cvtncrea, pec tort 

 duobus maculi3 scartalinis not^ta. 



Front, crown, cervex, sides of head and neck, interscapulars," 

 back, and shoulders, dusky green with shades of splendent 

 ■violet or purple; quill feathers and tail brownish with a shade 

 of preen j Chin, throat, breast, belly, and vent, ash colored; 

 the flanks with a linj^e of preen. On each side of breast im- 

 mediately inside of the bend of th; wing, a small scarlet tuft; 

 bill and legs black, claws dark horn colored. Length from bill 

 to base of tail two inches and three-quarters; length of tail 

 two inches; length of bill one inch arid a quarter. Inhabits 

 CafTorland; and the specimen fr<".m whence the above descrip- 

 tion was taken, was given to me by Mr. Vrrreaux, through 

 whose liberality I have been put in possession of many new 

 and interesting objects of Natural History. 



