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Nectarinia Afra, LINNAEUS 



PLATE II. 



THIS really splendid species has nearly the same 

 distribution and colour of the markings with the 

 last, but is at once known by its much larger size, 

 the extreme length of the males being rather more 

 than five inches and a half. The distribution of the 

 golden green on the head, neck, and upper parts is 

 nearly similar, but it is of a more bronzed lustre, 

 and on the throat the feathers are more compact 

 and scutellated. The steel-blue band immediately 

 succeeding the green is darker and more violet- 

 coloured, and the tips of the crescent do not extend 

 so far upon the sides of the breast: the crimson 

 band is seven-eighths or nearly an inch in breadth, 

 and the remaining under parts are yellowish wood- 

 brown and nearly uniform in tint ; the upper tail- 

 coverts are violet-purple, and the wings and tail are 

 dark blackish brown glossed with green. The yel- 

 low axillary tufts are also present. This state of 

 plumage is what Le YaiUant considers to be that 

 of the male in his highest breeding state. A female 

 is only five inches and one-eighth in length, and 



