SYNOPSIS. 2.55 



Swain. West. Afr. ii. pi. 16. p. 136. Souimanga vert et 

 gris, Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. pi. xxv. Female. 



$ Above, crown, nape, cheeks, and sides of the neck, dark 

 bluish green with metallic lustre, base of the feathers black ; 

 back, rump, up. t.-covers, and less, w.-covers, clear yellowish 

 oil-reen without lustre ; w. and t. pale umber-brown, feathers 

 edged with yellowish oil-green. Below, chin, fore part of the 

 neck, and breast, dark bluish green with steel-blue reflections ; 

 belly, flanks, vent, and und. t.-covers, uniform brocoli-brown ; 

 axillary tufts primrose- yellow ; bill, tarsi, and feet, black. 

 Length, 5 in. 3-10ths. to 5 ; of bill to forehead, 9-10ths; of 

 wing to long, quill, 2 in. 6-10ths. 



9 Above, as in . Below, uniform greyish white, paler on 

 the vent, and there tinted with yellowish oil-green; length, 

 5 in. 5-1 Oths ; of bill to forehead, 8-10ths ; of w. to long, quill, 

 2 in. 4-10ths. 



Bab. Malemba, Vieill. Sierra Leone Dr. Fwgusson. 



N. SENEGALENSIS, Linnaeus, 1766. 



Certliia Senegalensis, Linn.Syst. Nat. edit. xii. p. 186, 1766; 

 Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 284, 1790. Grimpweau violet du 

 Senegal, Certhia Senegalensis violacea, Briss. Ornithol. 

 4to. p. 660, pi. xxxlv. fig. 2 ; 8vo. vol. ii. p. 18, 1763.- 

 Cinnyris discolor, Vieill. Enc. Method. Orn. p. 589, 

 1823. Le Sucrier protee, Le Vaill. iv. pi. 295, fig. 2 

 Le Souimanga, violet a poitrine rouge, Vieill. Ois. Dor 

 pi. viii. Cinnyris Senegalensis, Swain. West. Af. ii. 

 p. 127, 1837. 



Above, coronal patch above the eyes, as fa,r as the occiput, 

 rich emerald-green ; lores black ; remaining plumage deep 

 brownish black, glossed with purple, paler on the wings, feeling 

 to the touch like velvet. Below, maxillary stripe broad, emerald- 

 green, chin and throat golden-green ; fore part of the neck and 

 breast scarlet-red, varying to violet-blue, each feather being 

 tipped with the former, succeeded by a band of the latter ; 

 belly, vent, and und. t.-covers, deep brownish black ; bill, tarsi, 



