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and t. dark umber-brown, feathers edged with yellowish olive, 
t. with the out. feathers tipped with grey. — Below , oil-green, 
paler on the vent and und. t.-covcrs, on the throat tinted with 
yellow ; axillary tufts pale saffron-yellow ; bill, tarsi, and feet, 
umber-brown. — Length, 6 in. ; of bill to forehead, 1 in. ; of w. 
to long, quill, 2 in. fi-lfiths. 
Hal). Vicinity of Port Natal, Dr. Smith , MSS. — Note, differs 
from the last in larger size, darker colour above, difference of 
the tint below. 
N. cuprea, Shaw, 1811. 
Certhia cuprea, Shaw, Zool. viii. p. 201, 1811 . — Souimanga 
tricolor , Vieill. Ois. Dor. pi. 23. — Cinnyris tricolor, 
Yieill. Enc. Method. Om. p. 588. — Ginn, erythronotus , 
Swain. West. Af. ii. pi. 15, 1837 . — Certhia rubrofusca , 
Shaw, Zool.. viii. p.222, 1811 ? — La Souiman/ja rougt- 
dore , Vieill. Ois. Dor. pi. xxvii.? — Cinnyris nibarus, 
Vieill. Enc. Method. Ora. p. 597, 1823 ? 
£ Above, crown, cheeks, back, and sides of the neck, reddish 
purple with a bronzed and coppery lustre ; lower back, rump, 
and up. t.-covers, auricula-purple ; w. and t. black, tinted with 
blue ; less, w.-covers violet-purple. — Beloic , chin, fore part of 
the neck, and breast, reddish purple, the latter prevailing ; 
lower breast, belly, vent, and t.-covers, deep black ; bill, tarsi, 
and feet, black. — Length, 4 in. 8-10ths; of bill to forehead, 
7-10 tlis ; of w. to long, quill, 2 in. 8-10tlis. 
J Above, plumage, including the w., dark brownish oil-green, 
darkest on the latter; t. nearly black, outer feathers tipped 
with grey. — Below, pale wax-yellow, clearest and more yellow 
in the centre of the belly. — Length, 4 in. 3-10ths ; bill to fore- 
head, 6-10 ths. 
Hub. Capo Coast. Accra, Niger Exped. L. Fraser. Ma- 
lemba, as N. tricolor, Vieill. Senegal, as N. erythronotus , Swain. 
N. CYANOCEPHALA, ShaW, 1811. 
Certhia cyanocephula. Shaw, Zool. viii. p. 203, 1811. — Soui- 
manga a tete blue , N. cyanocephalus , Vieill. Ois. d’Or. ii. 
pi. 7 ; Enc. Method. Ora. p. 587 .— Cinnyris chloronotus, 
