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NECTARINIA SOLARIS, Temminck. 
Op the same form and distribution of colouring with 
the last, is the species figured in the Planches Co- 
loriees, pi. 347, fig. 3, under the title of “ Souimanga 
souci, N. Solaris.” It is from Amboina, one of the 
Molucca islands. From the figure above quoted, 
the following description is drawn : — The coronal 
patch covering the whole crown green; the gular 
patch extending over the throat, sides of the neck, 
and breast is violet-purple ; the upper parts olive, 
wings and tail brown, the latter (in the description) 
having the two lateral feathers tipped with white ; 
the belly, vent, and flanks, orange-yellow ; the 
axillary tufts paler. 
