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belly, vent, and under tail coverts, rusty wood brown. 

 Length 8J inches. Inhabits the country between Latakoo 

 and the Tropic. 



When an opportunity occurs of comparing this bird with the various 

 forms of the Corvidoe, its true place may be found in another family, 

 and the resemblances, particularly as regards its habits, may be those 

 of analogy and not affinity. 



Genus CINNYRIS. Cuv. 

 Cinnyris Mariquensis. Head, neck, and upper part of body, 



green gold, with a splendid coppery gloss ; breast crimson, 



edged in front by a narrow steel blue band ; wings brown ; 



belly and tail black. Length 4| inches. Inhabits the country 



north of Kurrichaine. 

 Cinnyris talatala. Head, neck, and upper parts of body, 



green gold ; chin inclined to purple ; anterior part of breast 



deep violet blue, with a bright purple gloss ; belly white ; 



under each wing an oblong sulphur yellow spot ; wings brown ; 



tail black, the outer vanes of feathers edged with green gold. 



Length 4 inches. Inhabits the country between the Orange 



Biver and Kurrichaine. 



Genus CHRYSOPTILUS. Sw. 



Chrysoptilus Bennettii. Top of head, and a longitudinal 

 band behind gape, crimson red ; upper parts of body green- 

 brown, barred irregularly with pale greenish yellow ; cheeks, 

 chin, and eyebrows, yellowish white ; beneath pale golden 

 yellow, breast and belly variegated with rounded black- 

 brown spots ; tail indistinctly barred brown and golden 

 yellow, the tips of feathers black brown. Length 7J inches. 

 Inhabits the country about and beyond Kurrichaine. 



Chrysoptilus Abingoni. Top of head, and a longitudinal 

 band behind gape, a dark slate colour, sprinkled with red ; 

 elongated feathers of hind head bright scarlet ; body above 

 olive brown and golden green, with one or more pale yellow 

 diamond shaped spots on each feather ; chin aud throat white, 

 with longitudinal black stripes ; breast and belly straw 

 yellow, with similar stripes ; tail olive brown, with dull 

 golden yellow bars, tips of feathers dull golden yellow. 

 Length 7J inches. Occurs in the same localities with the 

 last. 

 Specimens of this species were obtained near Port Natal in 1832. 



Sub-family BUCCONIN^E. Sw. 



Sub-genus POLYSTICTE. 



Bill compressed, pointed, the edges of upper mandible towards 

 base dilated, culmen arched ; nostrils basal, round, and open ; 

 rictus slightly bristled ; wings short, rounded, the fourth and 



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