SYNOPSIS. 25? 



manga carmelite ciwiyris fuligmosus, Drapiez, Diet. 



Class. d'Hist. Nat. xv. p. 510. Carmelite Creeper, 



Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 256. 



(J Above, uniform pale yellowish umber-brown; w. and t. 

 dark umber-brown, with slight purplish reflections ; forehead 

 w^th an imbricated patch extending to the line of the eyes ; 

 less, w.-covers and radial edge of the w., auricula-purple ; axil- 

 lary tufts bright primrose-yellow. Below, yellowish umber- 

 brown ; chin, throat, and fore part of the neck, auricula-purple. 

 Length, 5 in. ; of bill to forehead, 7-10ths ; w. to long, quill, 

 21 in. 

 Hob. Malemba, western coast of Africa, Vieill. 



N. STANGERI, Jardine, 1842. 



N. Stangeri, Jard. Ann. of Nat. Hist. x. p. 187, 1842. 

 N. Stangeri, Niger Carmelite Swrbird, Nat. Lib. Nect. 

 p. 198; Jard. and Selby, Illust. of Orn. N.S. pi. xlviii. 



Above, uniform deep yellowish umber-brown, darker on the 

 w. and t., showing yellowish lights ; coronal patch, reaching to 

 the line of the eyes, imbricated, deep green, posterior row of 

 feathers violet. Below, dark umber-brown, with purple lights ; 

 chin velvet-black ; gular patch yellowish green, bordered by a 

 maxillary stripe of deep green, extends to the upper part of 



tie breast, and has the last row of feathers deep steel-blue 



Ipped with scarlet, appearing like a terminating scarlet thread ; 



ill, tarsi, and feet, black. Length, 5 in. ; bill to forehead, 



-10ths ; wing to long, quill, 2 hi. 6-10ths. 

 Hob. Niger. Note. Only specimen in possession of Mr. AVa- 



/erhouse, procured by Dr. Stanger. Differs from preceding in 

 Bolour of coronal and gular patches ; no colour on lesser w.- 

 eovers ; want of axillary tufts. 



N. ADELBERTI, Gervais, 1834. 



Cinnyris Eloensis, Thompson, MSS., M. 141, F. 140. 

 Souimanga d'Adelbert, Cimiyris Adelberti, Gervais, Mag. 

 de Zool. iii. pi. 2. Nectarinia Adelberti, Nat. Lib. 

 vol. xxxvi. pi. iii. p. 244 ; Jard. and Selby, Illust. <fi 

 Orn., N. S., pi. 49, M. and F. 



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