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shoulders, and less, w.-covers, brilliant golden-green, feathers 
black at the base ; w. and t. black, feathers of the latter edged 
with golden green. — Below , throat and fore part of the neck 
stecl-bluo (changing as upon the head) ; across the breast a 
band of scarlet, according to position appearing as if banded 
with steel-blue, golden-green, or violet, or to be composed en- 
tirely of one of tncsc tints ; lower breast, belly, and flanks, 
deep black ; under t.-covers steel-blue ; axillary tufts primrose- 
yellow; bill, tarsi, and feet, black. — Length, 5£ in. ; of bill to 
forehead 9-10ths ; of w. to long quill, 3 in. 8-10ths. 
Hob. Great Namaqua country, towards Fish river, Le Vaill. 
Sierra Leone, coll, from Dr. Fergusson. Cape Coast, Niger 
Exped. L. Fraser. — Note. Plumage with the webs of the fea- 
thers loose and unconnected ; up. t.-covers nearly as long as 
the tail. 
N. collaris, Yieillot (Enc. Method.), 1823. 
Cinnyris collaris , Vieilb Enc. Method, ii. p. 590, 1823; 
Diet. Classiquc d’Hist. Nat. xv. p. 510, 1829. — Le Su- 
crier Gamtocin , ou a cordon blue , Le Vaill. Ois. d’Af. 
pi. 299, M. and F. 
Above, bright yellowish green ; w. umber-brown, feathers 
broadly edged with yellowish green, quills with oil-green ; t. 
greenish black, broadly edged with deep green. — Below, chin, 
throat, and up. breast, yellowish green, shading into and ter- 
minating in a narrow band of blue glossed with violet ; lower 
breast and flanks wax-yellow, shaded to gamboge-yellow on the 
centre, vent, and und. t.-covers ; axillary tufts pale king’s-yel- 
low ; bill, legs, and feet, black. — Length, 4 in. 2-10tlis to 3 in. 
8-10ths; of bill to forehead 4^-lOths.; of w. to long, quill, 2 in. 
to 1 in. 8-10ths. 
9 Above , nearly as in £ ; cheeks and sides of the neck, 
dull yellowish green. — Below , chin yellowish white; breast 
and flanks wax-yellow, shading into dull gamboge-yellow in the 
centre of the belly, the vent, and und. t.-covers ; bill, tarsi, and 
feet, brownish black. Length, 3 in. 8-10tlis. 
Hah. Gamtoos, Le Vaill. S. Africa, coll. Dr. Smith. Fer- 
nando Po, Niger Exped. L. Fraser. 
