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VON HASSELT’S SUN-BIRD. 
Nedarinia Hasseltii, Temminck. * 
PLATE XXII. 
This species is indicated in Sir Stamford Raffle’s 
catalogue in tlie Linnean Society’s Transactions for 
1812, under tlie title and as a variety of “ Certliia 
sperata;" it is not, however, any of the states to 
which that name has been applied ; and in modern 
times, at least, Temminck separated and recognised 
it as a distinct species. 
The specimen which we have figured and de- 
scribed, has the whole crown extending a short way 
upon the nape of a brillant golden green ; the 
feathers of a short and soft texture, and not appear- 
ing imbricated ; the cheeks, sides, back of the neck, 
wings, and tail, are of a deep velvet black ; the 
mantle, lower back, and tail-covers, with the lesser 
wing-covers and bend, of a metallic olive-green or 
steel-blue, varied according to the lights. Under- 
neath, the chin is nearly black, bordered on each 
side with a maxillary stripe, and shading downwards 
* This bird is Certliia Brasiliana vtolacea of Brisson ; Certliia 
Brasiliana, Shaw. We have retained Temminek’s specific 
name as preferable to Brasiliana , though the latter was given 
much prior to it. 
