synopsis. 255 
Swain. West. Afr. ii. pi. 16. p. 136. — Souimanga vert et 
gris, YieilL Ois. Dor. ii. pi. xxv. Female. 
£ Above, crown, nape, cheeks, and sides of the neck, dark 
bluish green with metallic lustre, base of the feathers black ; 
back, rump, up. t.-covers, and less, w.-covers, clear yellowish 
oil-green without lustre ; w. and t. pale umber-brown, feathers 
edged with yellowish oil-green. Below , chin, fore part of the 
neck, and breast, dark bluish green with steel-blue reflections ; 
belly, flanks, vent, and und. t.-covers, uniform brocoli-brown ; 
axillary tufts primrose-yellow ; bill, tarsi, and feet, black. — 
Length, 5 in. 3-10ths. to 54 ; of bill to forehead, 9-10ths; of 
wing to long, quill, 2 in. 6-10ths. 
9 Above, as in — Below, uniform greyish white, paler on 
the vent, and there tinted with yellowish oil-green; length, 
5 in. 5-10tlis ; of bill to forehead, 8-10ths ; of w. to long, quill, 
2 in. 4-10ths. 
Bob. Malemba, Yieill. Sierra Leone Dr. Fergusson. 
N. Senegalensis, Linnaeus, 1766. 
Certhia Senegalensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. edit. xii. p. 1 86, 1 766 ; 
Lath. Ind. Om. i. 284, 1790. — Gnmpereau violet du 
Senegal, Certhia Senegalensis violacea, Briss. Omithol. 
4to. p. 660, pi. xxxlv. fig. 2 ; 8vo. vol. ii. p. 18, 1763. — 
Cinmjris discolor, Yieill. Enc. Method. Om. p. 589, 
1823. — Lc Sucrier protee, Le Vailh iv. pi. 295, fig. 2. — 
Le Souimanga violet a poitrme rouge, Yieill. Ois. Dor. 
pi. viiL — Cimyria Senegalensis, Swain. West. Af. ii. 
p. 127, 1837. 
Above, coronal patch above the eyes, as far as the occiput, 
rich emerald-green ; lores black ; remaining plumage deep 
brownish black, glossed with purple, paler on the wings, feeling 
to the touch like velvet. — Below, maxillary stripe broad, emerald- 
green, chin and throat golden-green ; fore part of the neck and 
breast scarlet-red, varying to violet-blue, each feather being 
tipped with the former, succeeded by a band of the latter ; 
belly, vent, and und. t.-covers, deep brownish black ; bill, tarsi, 
