272 SYNOPSIS. 



Method, p. 393, 1823; Vieill. Gal. des Ois. i. p. 292, 

 pi. clxxviii. 



Head, back, rump, and w.-covers, bronzed green : w. and 

 t. clear brown, feathers bordered with dull green. Below, the 

 chin and fore part of the neck yellow, up. part of breast bronzed 

 green, forming a broad pectoral band ; lower breast, pale red ; 

 belly and vent dull yellow, becoming paler on the und. t.-co- 

 vers ; bill and feet, blackish. Length, 3| in. 



Hob. Africa or India ? Vieill. Note. Descript. aut. Vieill. 

 fig. in Ois. Dor. and Gal. 



N. ASPASIA, Lesson, 1826. 



Souimanga aspasia, Ciwnyris aspasia, Less. Voy. de la 

 Coq. vol. i. p. 676 and Atlas, pi. xxx. fig. 4. 



5 With a coronal patch of emerald-green extending over 

 the crown upon the occiput ; cheeks, sides of the neck, 

 back, w., and t., deep velvet black, feathers of the latter edged 

 with green ; covers of the w. and their bend, lower back, 

 and up. t.- covers, golden-green ; chin, throat, and fore part 

 of the breast, with a brilliant patch of violet inclining to steel- 

 blue ; lower part of the breast, belly, and vent, deep black. 

 Length, 3 in. 6 lines. 



Hob. Woods around harbour of Dorery, New Guinea, Auct. 

 Voy. de la Coq Note. Will stand before or after N. cal- 

 Mttfa. 



N. ZENOBIA, Lesson. 1826. 



Souimcmga zenobie, Ciwnyris zenobia, Less. Voy. de la 

 Coq. vol. i. p. 679, and Atlas, pi. xxx. fig. 3. 



5 Head, back, rump, gr. w.-covers, uniform yellowish-olive ; 

 w. brown, feathers edged with yellow ; t. dull brown ; chin, 

 tliroat, and breast, steel-blue; belly velvet-black; vent and 

 flanks olive ; axillary tufts ample, orange-yellow. 



Hob. Mountains of Soya, island of Amboyna. Note. Known 

 by the plate in Voy. de la Coq. ; allied to the form of N. pecto- 

 ralis, Horsf. 



