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Above, head, neck, back, less, w.-covers, and rump, golden- 

 green ; up. t.-covers violet steel-blue ; wings umber-brown ; tail 

 blackish brown, outer feather hair-brown edged with greyish 

 white. Below, chin, throat, and breast, golden-green, termi- 

 nated by a narrow band of steel-blue, running beyond the line 

 of the wings upon the sides of the neck ; lower breast and ant. 

 half of the belly scarlet-red ; post, half of the belly, vent, flanks, 

 and und. t.-covers, pale brocoli-brown ; bill, tarsi, and feet, black. 

 Length, from 4 in. to 4 in. 8-10ths ; of bill to forehead, 7 to 

 8-1 Oths ; of wing to long, quill, 2 in. 2-10ths to 2 in. 3-10ths. 



$ Above, entirely brocoli-brown, darker on the wings and tail. 

 Below, much paler, on the vent and und. t.-covers nearly yel- 

 lowish white ; bill, tarsi, and feet, dark umber-brown. Length, 

 4iin. 



Hab. S. Africa to the extremity of the Cape peninsula, Le 

 Vaill. Western Africa, Sw. Note. Differs from N. afra in 

 its smaller proportions, different tint of the lower parts, blue 

 collar stretching on the sides of the neck, and different colour 

 of the female. 



N. CHLOROPYGIA, Jardine, 1842. 



A r . chloropygia, Jard. Ann. of Nat. Hist. vol. x. p. 188; 

 Illust.of Orn. N. S. pi. L., 182.Green-rumped Double- 

 collared Sun-bird, Nat. Lib. Nect. p. 172, pi. iii.. 



<J Above, rich emerald bronzed green ; w. and t. brownish 

 black, former with the edges of the feathers oil-green, latter 

 glossed with green. Below, chin velvet-black ; throat, neck, 

 and breast emerald-green, terminated by a narrow band of 

 bluish green ; lower breast with a band of scarlet-red ; belly, 

 flanks, and under t.-covers, pale oil-green ; axillary tufts ample, 

 kingVyellow ; bill, tarsi,and feet, black. Length, 4 in. 4-10ths; 

 bill to forehead, 7-1 Oths ; w. to longest quill, 1 in. 9-1 Oths. 



2 Above, oil-green; w. and t. umber-brown. Below, chin 

 yellowish- white ; breast and flanks wine-yellow, shading to 

 pale but pure gamboge-yellow in the middle of the belly ; bill, 

 tarsi, and feet, dark umber- brown. Length, Sin. 8-1 Oths; 

 w. to longest quill, 1 in. 8-1 Oths. 



