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Sp. 5. La. spleiulidus. 



Corvus splendidus. Shaxv, v. vii. p. 372. — Le Choucador. La 

 Vaill. Ois. d'Afriq. v. iii pL 86. 



Sp. 6, La. atratus. 



Tanagra atrata. Steph. v. x. p. Ml, — East Indies. 



Sp. 7. La. metallicus. 



ILa. pen7iis capitis, nuchcB, colli antice dorsiqiie elongatis et pur- 

 pureo-violaceo-viridique tinctis ; dorso corporeque subtus pur- 

 pur eis; alls Cauda que metallico-viridibus. 



Lamprotornis with the feathers of the head, nape, neck in front 

 and back elongated and glossed with metallic purple, violet, 

 and green ; the back and body beneath purple ; the wings and 

 tail metallic-green, 



Lamprotornis metallicus. Temm. PL Col. 266. 



Inhabits the Isle of Timor. Length about nine 

 inches : the head, nape, fore part of the neck and back 

 are clothed with long pointed feathers, and tinged with 

 metallic shades of purple, violet, and green, according 

 to the light ; the feathers of the back and those of 

 the under parts being of a more decided purple : the 

 wings and tail are of a beautiful metallic green ; the 

 latter is long, much wedged, with its two middle 

 feathers terminating in a point, and reaching more 

 than half an inch beyond the rest : the beak and legs 

 are black. The young and the females are grey, 

 slightly tinged with metallic green ; the middle of 

 the long acuminated neck and head-feathers is me- 

 tallic green, but the edges and tips are pure white : 

 the under parts of the body are clothed with simi- 

 larly coloured feathers, giving those parts the appear- 

 ance of being longitudinally striped : the wings and 

 tail are brown, without any green reflections. 



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