360 CLASS AVES. 



different from their brilliant plumage, the species are 

 characterized with difficulty. 



Mellisuga of M. Vieillot. 



The greatest number have the tail equal. 



C.Splendida. Sh. Vieill. 82. 



Head and throat, violet blue ; upper parts, brilhant 

 golden green; bright red bar across the breast. 

 Africa. 



C. Caffra. Edw. 347- 



Shining green, above, glossed with green and copper ; 

 red bar across the breast. Cape. 



{Cert. Superha. Vieill. 22.) 



Bright green gold, above ; throat, violet-blue and 

 gold ; bar of yellow across breast. 



Loten's Creeper. (Cert. Lotenia.) Enl. 575. 

 Vieil. 34. 



Green-gold, above ; beneath, black ; black line be- 

 tween the bill and eye ; violet band on sides. Five 

 and a quarter inches. INIadagacar. 



(C. Amethystina.) Vieil. 5 and 6. 



Velvet-black, with a gloss of violet ; throat, ame- 

 thyst-colour ; rump, same. Cape G. Hope. 



Collared Creeper. (C. Chalijhea. Enl. 246. Vieil. 

 10, 13, 18, 24, 34, 80. 



Bronzed gold, above ; breast, red ; collar, of steel 

 blue. Four and-a-half inches. South Africa. 



