266 SYNOPSIS. 



and t. umber-brown. Below, primrose-yellow, darkest on the 

 throat and breast. 



Uah. High forest jungle of Malabar, Jerd. Dense woods of 

 the Ghauts of the Deccan. Col. Sykes. 



N. SOLARIS, Temminck, 18 ^ 



Souimanga swici, A r . Solaris, Temm. PI. Col. 347, fig. 3. 



<$ Above, coronal patch green, reaching rather beyond the 

 line of the eyes ; back of the neck, back, rump and up. t.-co- 

 vers, dark oil-green; w. and t. umber-brown. Below,' throat, 

 fore part of the neck and up. breast, very deep indigo 

 tinted with violet, shading to dark metallic-green upon the 

 edges of the gular patch ; lower breast, belly, vent, and und. t.- 

 covers, brilliant orpiment orange, paler on the vent. Length 

 4| in. 



Hob. Amboyna. Temm. 



N. PECTORALIS, Horsfield, 1821 * 



Nect. pectoralis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 1st. p. 1C 7, 

 1821. Souimcmga distingue, N. eximia, Temm. PI. CoL 

 138, M. & F. 18 . Certhia Philippensis olivacea, 

 Briss. Ornithol. 4to. iii. p. 623, pi. xxxiv. fig. 4 ; 8vo. 

 ii. p. 7 ? Grimpereau olive des Philippines, PI. EnL 

 576, fig. 4 ? 



(J Above, front in a line with the eyes, a narrow streak over 

 each steel-blue ; w. umber-brown, feathers edged with oil- 

 green ; tail black, feathers (except the centre pair) tipped with 

 white, that on the outside for half its length ; other upper parts 

 dark yellowish oil-green. Below, chin, throat, and breast, 

 deep steel-blue, in the centre of the throat and neck tinted 

 with purple, and showing a defined mark ; belly, vent, and 

 und. t.-covers king's yellow, axillary tufts of a deeper shade ; 

 bill, tarsi, and feet, blackish brown. Length, 3 in. 9-10ths ; 

 of bill to forehead, 7-10ths ; of w. to long, quill, 2 in. 1-1 Oth. 



Hob. Java, Iforsf., Reinwardt. 



* Pub. 1821 ; paper read, 1820. 



