250 SYNOPSIS. 



Hob. Fernando Po, Niger Exped., L. Fraser. * Note. Dif- 

 fers from N. chalybea in lesser size, want of blue on the up. 

 t.- covers, and blue pectoral collar ; tint of under parts ; in 

 difference of female. 



N. BIFASCIATA, Shaw, 1811. 



Souimanga vert et brun, Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. pi. 24. Cinni/- 



ris nitens, Vieill. Enc. Method. Ornith. ii. p. 588, 1823. 



Ccrthia bifasciata, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 198, 1811. 



Violet-breasted Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 248. 

 Above, head, neck, back, less, w.-covers, rich bronzed 

 green, on the rump and t.-covers, shading to emerald-green 

 (feathers black at the base) ; w. and t. black glossed with 

 green, feathers of the latter purple on the edges. Below, chin, 

 throat, and fore part of the neck, brilliant bronzed green, 

 shading into a pectoral band of rich steel-blue, succeeded by a 

 second distinct band, changing from dull red to vermillion ; 

 belly, vent, and und. t.-covers black, on the latter arid at the 

 termination of the second pect. band tipped with steel-blue ; 

 bill, tarsi, and feet, black. Length, 5 in. 3-10ths; bill to fore- 

 head, 9-10ths ; w. to long, quill, 2 in. 8-10ths. 



Hab. Interior of S. Africa, Smith. Malemba, V'wiU. Xote. 

 First quill short, compared with other sp. of similar size. 



N. SPLENDIDA, Shaw, 1811. 



Certhia splendida, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 191, 1811. 

 Cinnyris splendida, Cuv. Reg. Anim. i. p. 434, 1817; 

 Swain. West. Africa, ii. p. 125. Cinnyris splendid us, 

 Vieill. Enc. Method, ii. p. 587, 1823. Cinnyris bomby- 

 cinus, Vieill. Enc. Method, ii. p. 596, 1823. Le Sucrl-r 

 eblouissant, Le Vaill. Ois. d'Af. vi. pi. 295, fig. 1, p. 163. 

 Le Souimanga a Plumes Soyeiises, Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. 

 pi. 82. Blue-rumped Creeper, var. C., Lath. Gen. 

 Hist. iv. p. 240. 



$ Above, head steel-blue, in some lights appearing black, in 

 others as rich violet ; back of the neck, back, up. t -covers 



* Naturalist to the Niger Expedition. 



