262 SYNOPSIS. 



spec, in coll. of H. Strickland, Esq. ; in breadth of purplish red 

 pectoral band. 



N. AFFINIS, Shaw, 1811. 



Souimanga a ywge violctte, Vieill. Ois. Dor. pi. 32. Red- 

 Ireasted Creeper, var. B., Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 221. 

 Certhia sperata, var. y, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 283 (syn. 

 exc.). Souimanga a ventre ecarlate, N. coccingaster, 

 Temm. PI. Col. 388, fig. 3. Certhia afflnis, Violet- 

 throated Creeper, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 208, 1811. 



< Above, crown, extending to the occiput, green with golden 

 reflections ; cheeks and auriculars black ; back and sides of the 

 neck, back, and gr. covers, dark purplish red; lower back 

 and upp. t.-covers olive green with purple reflections ; w. um- 

 ber-brown, edges of the feathers paler, bend green ; tail black, 

 out. edges of the feathers violet. Below, chin, throat, and fore 

 part of the neck, amethystine-purple ; lower breast and belly 

 scarlet ; small patch of metallic-green feathers where the pec- 

 toral patch terminates ; vent and und. t.-covers oil-green ; bill, 

 tarsi, and feet, dark umber-brown, base of the mandible pale. 

 Length, about 4 in. ; of bill to forehead, 6^-10ths ; of w. to 

 long, quill, 2 in. 1-1 Oth. 



Hah. Manilla, Temm. Note. The true C. sperata, Linn. 

 (Certhia Philippensis jmrpurea, Briss.) seems to differ from 

 Temminck's bird in having the head, throat, and upper part of 

 the neck " splendidissime violacece;" and in the lesser w.-covers, 

 lower back, rump, and up. t.-covers " violacea, splendide virid* 

 colore variantes" " Violet " can only be applied to the gular 

 patch of N. affinis, brilliant green with slight purple reflections 

 being the colour of the other parts. We suspect that this is a 

 variety, and that it should stand as N. sperata, Linn, with its 

 synonims. 



N. HASSBLTII, Temminck, 18 . 



Souimanga de Hasselt, N. Hasseltii, Temm. PI. Col. 376, 

 fig. 3. Certhia sperata, Sir St. Raffles, Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xiii. p. 298, 1822. Certhia BraziUensis molacea, 

 Briss. Ornithol. ^o, iii. p. 662, pi. xxxii. fig. 4 ; 8vo. ii. 



