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and t. dark umber-brown, feathers edged with yellowish olive, 

 t. with the out. feathers tipped with grey. Below, oil-green, 

 paler on the vent and und. t.-covers, on the throat tinted with 

 yellow ; axillary tufts pale saffron-yellow ; bill, tarsi, and feet, 

 umber-brown. Length, 6 in. ; of bill to forehead, 1 in. ; of w. 

 to long, quill, 2 in. 6-lOths. 



Hob. Vicinity of Port Natal, Dr. Smith, MSS.Note, differs 

 from the last in larger size, darker colour above, difference of 

 the tint below. 



N. CUPREA, Shaw, 1811. 



Certhia cuprea, Shaw, Zool. viii. p. 201, 1811. Sbuimanga 

 tricolor, Vieill. Ois. Dor. pi. 23. Cinnyris tricolor, 

 Vieill. Enc. Method. Orn. p. 588. Cinn. erythronotus, 

 Swain. West. Af. ii. pi. 15, 1^1 .Certhia rubrofutca, 

 Shaw, Zool.. viii. p. 222, 1811? Le Souimanga rouge- 

 dore, Vieill. Ois. Dor. pi. xxvii.? Cinnyris nibarus, 

 Vieill. Enc. Method. Orn. p. 597, 1823 ? 



Above, crown, cheeks, back, and sides of the neck, reddish 

 purple with a bronzed and coppery lustre ; lower back, rump, 

 and up. t.-covers, auricula-purple ; w. and t. black, tinted with 

 blue ; less, w.-covers violet-purple. Beloiv, chin, fore part of 

 the neck, and breast, reddish purple, the latter prevailing; 

 lower breast, belly, vent, and t.-covers, deep black ; bill, tarsi, 

 and feet, black. Length, 4 in. 8-10ths; of bill to forehead, 

 7-lOths ; of w. to long, quill, 2 in. 8-10ths. 



9 Above, plumage, including the w., dark brownish oil-green, 

 darkest on the latter; t. nearly black, outer feathers tipped 

 with grey. Below, pale wax-yellow, clearest and more yellow 

 in the centre of the belly. Length, 4 in. 3-10ths ; bill to fore- 

 head, 6-10ths. 



Hab. Cape Coast. Accra, Niger Exped. L. Fraser. Ma- 

 lemba, as A^. tricolor, Vieill. Senegal, as N. erythronotus, Swain. 



N. CYANOCEPHALA, Shaw, 1811. 



Certhia cyanocephala. Shaw, Zool. viii. p. 203, 1811. Soui- 

 mancia a ttte blue, N. cyanocephalus, Vieill. Ois. d'Or. ii. 

 pi. 7; Enc. Method. Ora. p. 587. Cinnyris cldoronoms, 



