252 synopsis. 
N. venusta, Sliaw and Nodder, 1790. 
Certhia venusta, Leona Creeper , Shaw and NodcL Nat. 
Hist. Misc. x. pi. 369. — Leona Creep er. Lath. Gen. 
Hist. iv. p. 234. — Chm. venusta, Vieill. Enc. Method, 
ii. p. 597 (spec. char. only). — Chin, pusilla , Swain. 
Birds of West. Afr. ii. p. 138, 1837. 
£ Above, forehead violet ; back and sides of the neck, 
less, w.-covers, back, and rump, bronzed green ; up. t.-covers 
steel-blue; w. clove-brown, edged with oil-green; tail black, 
feathers edged with green. — Below , chin black ; fore part of 
the neck green, terminating in a distinct band of violet, suc- 
ceeded on the sides by dull black, losing itself in the centre of 
the violet band, and forming an angular patch on each side of 
the breast ; lower breast, belly, and vent, pale kingVyellow, 
paler on the und. t.-covers ; axillary tufts orange-yellow ; bill, 
tarsi, and feet, black. — Length, 3 in. 3-10ths to 3£ in. ; bill to 
forehead, 6-10ths ; w. to long, quill, 2 in. 1-1 Otli. 
Hah. Western Africa, Swain. Sierra Leone, Shaw <£• Nodd. 
— Note. Differs from the last in the general tint, frontal and 
pectoral violet bauds, orange axillary tufts. 
N. fusca, Yieillot, 1823. 
Cinnyris fuscus, Vieill. Enc. Method, ii. p. 594, 1823 
Sucrier Namaquois , ou a calepons blanc , Le Vaill. Ois. 
d'Af. pi. 296, M. & F. 
(-J Above, base of the plumage purplish brown, tips of the 
feathers purple with greenish reflections ; w. dark clove-brown ; 
up. t.-covers black, with steel-blue reflections ; t. black. — Be- 
low, chin dull black, fore part of the neck and breast purplish 
brown with purple and green reflections, shading into blackish 
brown on the sides and upper part of the belly, again running 
into white on the vent, flanks, and und. t.-covers ; axillary tufts 
orange-red ; bill, tarsi, and feet, dark brownish black. — Length, 
in. to 4 in. 8-10ths ; of bill to forehead, 8-10ths; of w. to 
lower quill, 2 in. 3-10ths. 
Hob. Great Namaqua, Le Vaill. Mouth of the Orange 
River, Dr. Smith , MSS. 
