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p. 19. Black and Violet Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. ir. 

 p. 274. Le Souimanga violet, Vieill. Ois. Dor. p. 65. 

 Oerthia Brasiliana, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 257. 



( Above, the crown, extending upon the occiput and nape, 

 golden-green (feathers of a soft and disunited texture) ; cheeks, 

 sides, and back of the neck, w., and t., deep black ; mantle, 

 lower back, up. t.-covers, less, w.-covers, metallic olive-green 

 varied with steel-blue and purple. Below, chin nearly black, 

 bordered by a maxillary stripe, which with the neck and breast 

 is amethystine-purple ; on each side of the pectoral patch a 

 small spot of steel-blue ; lower breast and belly purplish red ; 

 vent and und. t.-covers greyish black; bill, tarsi, and feet, 

 black. Length, 3 in. 8-10ths ; of bill to forehead, 6-10ths ; of 

 w. to long, quill, 2 in. 



Hob. Java, Temm. 



N. CALCOSTETHA, Jardine, 1842. 



<J Above, crown, extending backwards upon the nape, dark 

 emerald-green ; less, w.-covers, lower back, rump, and up. t.- 

 covers. metallic olive-green with purple reflections ; w. blackish 

 brown, great, w.-covers edged with violet ; cheeks, sides of the 

 neck, back, and t. black, feathers of the latter edged with steel- 

 blue. Below, chin black ; maxillary stripes amethystine-pur- 

 ple ; fore part of the neck and breast copper-red (black when 

 not held in the light) ; lower breast and belly violet-purple at 

 the sides surrounding the colour of the breast, and nearly join- 

 ing on each side with the maxillary stripes ; lower belly, vent, 

 and und. t.-covers, greyish-black ; axillary tufts deep king's- 

 yellow; bill, tarsi, and feet black. Length, Sin. 6-10ths; of 

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



Hah. E. Ind. Islands? Note. Nearly allied to N. aspasia, 

 Less. ; differing from the figure and description by distinction 

 of colours on the breast, greyish black vent, and the presence 

 of yellow axillary tufts. (See description of that sp. in PL II.) 



N. LOTENIA, Linnseus, 1766. 



Cetihia lotenia, Linn. Syst. Nat., p. 188 (syn. exc.), 1766 ; 



