252 SYNOPSIS. 



N. VENUSTA, Shaw and Nodder, 1790. 



Certhia venusta, Leona Creeper, Shaw and Nodd. Nat. 

 Hist. Misc. x. pi. 369. Leona Creeper, Lath. Gen. 

 Hist. iv. p. 234. Cinn. vcnusta, Vieill. Enc. Method. 

 ii. p. 597 (spec. char. only). Cinn. pusilla, Swain. 

 Birds of West. Afr. ii. p. 138, 1837. 



$ Above, forehead violet ; back and sides of the neck, 

 less, w.-covers, back, and rump, bronzed green ; up. t.-covers 

 steel-blue ; w. clove-brown, edged with oil-green ; tail black, 

 feathers edged with green. Belong chin black ; fore part of 

 the neck green, terminating in a distinct band of violet, suc- 

 ceeded on the sides by dull black, losing itself in the centre o f 

 the violet band, and forming an angular patch on each side of 

 the breast ; lower breast, belly, and vent, pale king's-yellow, 

 paler on the und. t.-covers ; axillary tufts orange-yellow ; bill, 

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

 forehead, 6-10ths ; w. to long, quill, 2 in. 1-1 Oth. 



Hah. Western Africa, Swain. Sierra Leone, Shaw & Nodd. 

 Note. Differs from the last in the general tint, frontal and 

 pectoral violet bands, orange axillary tufts. 



N. FUSCA, Vieillot, 1823. 



Cinnyris fuscus, Vieill. Enc. Method, ii. p. 594, 1823 



Sucrier Namaquois, ou a calecons blanc, Le Vaill. Ois. 

 d'Af. pi. 296, M. & F. 



(J Above, base of the plumage purplish brown, tips of the 

 feathers purple with greenish reflections ; w. dark clove-brown ; 

 up. t.-covers black, with steel-blue reflections ; t. black. Be- 

 Imr, chin dull black, fore part of the neck and breast purplish 

 brown with purple and green reflections, shading into blackish 

 brown on the sides and upper part of the belly, again running 

 into white on the vent, flanks, and und. t.-covers ; axillary tufts 

 orange-red ; bill, tarsi, and feet, dark brownish black. Length, 

 4} in. to 4 in. 8-10ths ; of bill to forehead, 8-10ths; of w. to 

 lower quill, 2 in. 3-10ths. 



Hob. Great Namaqua, Le Vaill. Mouth of the Orange 

 River, Dr. Smith, MSS. 



