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SYNOPSIS. 
and feet black. — Length 5 in. 4-10ths to 5 ; of bill to forehead, 
8-10ths ; of w, to long, quill, 2 in. 6-10ths. 
Hoh. Caffraria, Le Vaill. Senegal, Swain. 
N. Natalensis, Jardine, 1842. 
Above , coronal patch, confined to the crown, bluish 
green ; bend of the w. violet ; remaining plumage deep brown- 
ish black, paler on the w. and t., feeling to the touch like vel- 
vet. — Below, maxillary stripe narrow, bluish-green, chin and 
throat golden-green ; fore part of the neck and breast scarlet- 
red, intermixed with violet, each feather being broadly tipped 
with the former, succeeded by a band of the latter ; belly, vent, 
and und. t.-covers, deep brownish black ; bill, tarsi, and feet, 
black. — Length, 5 in. 9-lOtlis; bill to forehead, 2 in. A- lOtli ; 
w. to long, quill, 3 in. 1-1 0 th. 
Hah. Vicinity of Port Natal. 
N. AMETHYSTINA, Shaw, 1811. 
Certhia amethystina , Sliaw, Zool. viii. p. 195, 1811. — 
Cinnyris amethystina , Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1816. — Chmyris 
awratifrons, Vieill. Enc. Method. Om. p. 590, 1823. — 
Le Suci'ier velowr, Le Vaill. Ois. d’Af. vi. pi. 294 
Le Souimanya a front d'ore, Vieill. Ois. Dor. pis. v. vi. 
Above, coronal patch, confined to the crown, dark eme- 
rald-green ; bend of the w. and up. t.-covers, amethystine- 
purple ; remaining plumage very deep brownish black, with a 
play of purple, feeling to the touch like velvet. — Below , gular 
patch on the chin, throat, and fore part of the neck, amethys- 
tine-purple ; breast, belly, vent, and und. t.-covers, brownish 
black; bill, tarsi, and feet, black. — Length, 5 in. 3-10ths to 
5 in. 9-10ths ; of bill to forehead, 1 in. l-10th to 1 in. 2-10ths ; 
of w. to long, quill, 2 in. 8-lOths to 3 in. 
N. fuliginosa, Shaw, 1811. 
Certhia fuliffinosa, Shaw, Zool. viii. p.223, 1811. — Cin- 
nyris fuliginoms, Vieill. Enc. Method. Om. p. 584, 1 823. 
— Souimanga Carmelite, Vieill. Ois. d’Or. pi. xx. — Sum- 
