260 SYNOPSIS. 



edged with green. Below, throat, fore part of neck, and upper 

 breast, intense emerald-green; lower breast with a collar of 

 yellowish carmine-red, shading upon the belly into gamboge- 

 yellow, and running to a point along the centre ; sides of the 

 belly golden-green ; flanks, vent, and und. t.-covers, black, 

 the latter tipped with bluish : green ; bill, tarsi, and feet, black. 

 Length, 6 in. 2-10ths ; of bill to forehead, 6-10ths ; of long, quill, 

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

 Hah. S. Africa, but not within the Great River hi the Kafir 

 country. Senegal, Le Vaill., Sw. Sierra Leone, D+ W. Fer- 



N. PLATURA, Vieillot, 1823. 



Le Souimanfja figuier, Cin. platwrus, Vieill. Enc. Meth. 



Orn. p. 589, 1823. Le Sucrwr figuier, Le Vaill. Ois. 



d'Afr. vi, p. 157, pi. 293. The Saccharine Creeper, 



Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 225. Nect. sylviella, Temm. 



PL Col. Note to pi. 347, and Ind. 



5 Above, head, neck, back, scapulars, and w.-covers green with 

 bronze and purple lustre ; rump and t.-covers, violet-purple ; 

 w. brownish black ; tail square, centre feathers only elongated, 

 black, the latter broadly edged with violet-purple, at the tips 

 slightly spatulate Below, throat, fore part of neck and upper 

 breast, duck-green ; lower breast, belly, vent, and und. t- covers, 

 saffron-yellow ; bill, tarsi, and feet, black. Length, 6 in. ; 

 of bill to forehead, 4-10ths; of w. to long, quill, 2 in. 2 or 

 3-lOths ; long, feathers exceed the square tail 2 in. 6 or 7-10ths. 

 Hob. Forests of the Great Namaquois, Le Vaill. Sierra 

 Leone, Dr. W. Fergusson __ Note. Specimens vary in the pro- 

 portion of the purple reflection on the upper plumage, and in 

 the depth of the yellow below. Those from W. Africa show 

 greatest degree of purple and deeper yellow. 



N. METALLICA, Lichtenstem, 18 . 



Nectarinia metallica, Schilleruder Honigsauger, Cretz. 

 Rupp. At. zu der Reise in Nord. Af. Vog. 10. Taf. 7, 

 1826 ; Hemp. & Ehrenb. Symb.Phys. av. pi. 1. Soui- 

 vianya inetallique, N. metallica^ Temm. PL Col. 347, 

 figs. 1, 2. 



