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SYNOPSIS. 
Hab. Fernando Po, Niger Exped., L. Fraser. * — Note. Dif- 
fers from N. chalyhea in lesser size, want of blue on the up. 
t.-covers, and blue pectoral collar; tint of under parts; in 
difference of female. 
N. bifasciata, Shaw, 1811. 
Souimanga vert et brim , Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. pi. 24. — Cinny- 
ris nitcjis , Vieill. Enc. Method. Omith. ii. p. 588, 1823. 
— Certhia bifasciata , Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 198, 181 1. 
— Violet-breasted Creeper , Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 248. 
$ Above , head, neck, back, less, w.-eovers, rich bronzed 
green, on the rump and t.-covers, shading to emerald-green 
(feathers black at the base) ; w. and t. black glossed with 
green, feathers of the latter purple on the edges. — Below, chin, 
throat, and fore part of the neck, brilliant bronzed green, 
shading into a pectoral band of rich steel-blue, succeeded by a 
second distinct band, changing from dull red to Vermillion ; 
belly, vent, and und. t.-covers black, on the latter and at the 
termination of the second pect. band tipped with steel-blue ; 
bill, tarsi, and feet, black. — Length, *5 in. 3-10ths ; bill to fore- 
head, 9-10ths ; w. to long, quill, 2 in. 8-10ths. 
Hab. Interior of S. Africa, Smith. Malemba, Vieill Note. 
First quill short, compared with other sp. of similar size. 
N. splendida, Shaw, 1811. 
Certhia splendida , Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 191, 1811. — 
Cinnyris splendida , Cuv. lteg. Anim. i. p. 434, 1817; 
Swain. West. Africa, ii. p. 125 . — Cinnyris splendidus, 
Vieill. Enc. Method, ii. p. 587, 1823 . — Cinnyris bomhy- 
cinus , Vieill. Enc. Method, ii. p. 596, 1 823 . — Le Sucrier 
eblouissant , Le Vaill. Ois. d’Af. vi. pi. 295, fig. 1, p. 163. 
Le Souimanga a Plumes Soyeuscs , Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. 
pi. 82. — Blue-rumped Creeper , var. C., Lath. Gen. 
Hist. iv. p. 240. 
£ Above , head steel-blue, in some lights appearing black, in 
others as rich violet ; back of the neck, back, up. t -covers 
Naturalist to the Niger Expedition. 
