256 SYNOPSIS. 



and feet black. Length 5 in. 4-10ths to 5 ; of bill to forehead, 

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

 Hob. Caffraria, Le Vaill Senegal, Swain. 



N. NATALENSIS, Jardine, 1842. 



<- Above, coronal patch, confined to the crown, bUiish 

 green ; bend of the w. violet ; remaining plumage deep brown- 

 ish black, paler on the w. and t., feeling to the touch like vel- 

 vet. Below, maxillary stripe narrow, bluish-green, chin and 

 throat golden-green ; fore part of the neck and breast scarlet- 

 red, intermixed with violet, each feather b-iim broadly tipped 

 with the former, succeeded by a band of the latter ; belly, vent, 

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

 black. Length, 5 in. 9-10ths; bill to forehead, 2 in. 4- 10th; 

 w. to long, quill, 3 in. 1-lOth. 



Jfab. Vicinity of Port Natal. 



N. AMKTHYSTINA, Shaw, 1811. 



Certhia, amethysfina, Shaw, Zool. viii. p. 195, 1811. 

 Cinnyris amethystina, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1816. C'n- 

 aumtifrms, Vieill. Enc. Method. Orn. p. 590, 1823. 



Le Sucrier velour, Le Vaill. Ois. d'Af. vi. pi. 294 



Le Souimanga a front (Tore, Vieill. Ois. Dor. pis. v. vi. 



Above, coronal patch, confined to the crown, dark eme- 

 rald-green ; bend of the w. and up. t.-covers, amethystine- 

 purple ; remaining plumage very deep brownish black, with a 

 play of purple, feeling to the touch like velvet, Below, gular 

 patch on the chin, throat, and fore part of the neck, amethys- 

 tine-purple ; breast, belly, vent, and und. t.-covers, brownish 

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

 5 in. 9-10ths ; of bill to forehead, 1 in. 1-1 Oth to 1 in. 2-10ths ; 

 of w. to long, quill, 2 in. 8-10ths to 3 iu, 



N. FULIGINOSA, Shaw, 1811. 



Certlii'i fuli<iinosa, Shaw, Zool. viii. p. 223, 1811. Cin- 

 9*yri$ fuKginotut, Vieill. Enc. Method. Orn. p. 584, 1823. 

 Souimanga cai'mtlite, Vieill. Ois. d'Or. pi. xx. Soul 



