SYNOPSIS. 259 



N. FAMOSA, Linnaeus, 1766. 



Certhia famosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 187, 1766. Certhia 

 longicauda, C. B. Spei. Briss. Ornithol. 4to. iii. p. 647, 

 pi. xxxiv. fig. 1 ; 8vo. ii. p. 14. Souimanga Malachite, 

 C. famosus, Vieill. Enc. Method, p. 592. Le Sucrier 

 Malachite, Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. p. 143, pis. 289, 299. 

 Le grande Souimanga a longue queue, Vieill. Ois. Dor. 

 pis. xxxvii., xxxviii. Famous Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist, 

 iv. p. 214. Shining Creeper, C. famosa, Shaw, Gen. 

 Zool. viii. p. 212, pi. 31. Grimpereau a longue. queue 

 du C. de B. esperance, Buff. PI. Enl. 83, fig. 1." 

 J Above, including less, w.-covers and scapulars, malachite- 

 green, on the head and neck with a play of green and reddish 

 bronze ; w. black, on the secondaries tinted with violet ; t. 

 square, centre feathers much elongated, black, the latter at 

 their base edged with malachite-green. Below, chin in some 

 lights appearing black ; throat and neck generally of a goldea 

 bronzed green ; breast, belly, and vent, malachite green, on the 

 latter and und. t.-covers intermixed with black ; axillary tufts 

 gamboge-yellow ; bill, tarsi, and feet, black. Length, 9 in. to 

 94 in. ; of bill to forehead, 1 in. 3-10ths ; of w. to long, quill, 

 3 in. 2-10ths ; long, t.-feathers exceed the square t. from 2^ in. 

 to 3 in. 1-lOth. 



Hob. S. Africa, vicinity of the C. of G. Hope, Le Vaill, &c. 



L. PULCHELLA, Linnaeus, 1766. 



Certhia pulcMla, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 187, 1766 ; Gm. 

 Linn. p. 481. Certhia longicauda Senegalensis, Briss. 

 Ornithol. 4to. iii. p. 645, pi. xxxiv. fig. 3 ; 8vo. ii. p. 14. 

 Le Suwier cossu, Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 1M, pi. 293, 

 fig. 1. Cinnyiis caudatus, Vieill. Enc. MfcL ...^d. p. 595, 

 1823.- Grimpereau a longue queue du Sen egal f Buff. PI. 

 Enl. 670 ; auct. Le Vaill. Beautiful Creeper, Lath. Gen. 

 Hist. iv. p. 217. Le petit Souimanga a longue queue, 

 Vieill. Ois. Dor. pi. 40 ; Swain. Birds of W. Africa. 



Above, including less, w.-covers and edges of the w. to 

 base of 1 st quill, golden-green ; w. brownish black ; tail, square 

 Centre- feathers only elongated, black, the latter at their base 



