SYNOPSIS. 
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manga carmelite cirmyris fuligimosus, Drapiez, Diet. 
Class. d’Hist. Nat. xv. p. 510. — Carmelite Creeper, 
Lath. Gen. Hist. iv. p. 256. 
Above , uniform pale yellowish umber-brown ; w. and t. 
dark umber-brown, with slight purplish reflections ; forehead 
W’th an imbricated patch extending to the line of the eyes; 
less, w.- covers and radial edge of the w., auricula-purple ; axil- 
lary tufts bright primrose-yellow. — Below , yellowish umber- 
brown ; chin, throat, and fore part of the neck, auricula-purple. 
— Length, 5 in. ; of bill to forehead, 7-lOths ; w. to long, quill, 
21 in. 
Hah. Malemba, western coast of Africa, Vieill. 
N. stangeri, Jar dine, 1842. 
N. Stangeri , Jard. Ann. of Nat. Hist. x. p. 187, 1842. — 
N. Stangeri , Niger Carmelite Smi-bird, Nat. Lib. Nect. 
p. 198; Jard. and Selby, Illust. of Ora. N.S. pi. xlviii. 
Above, uniform deep yellowish umber-brown, darker on the 
w. and t., showing yellowish lights ; coronal patch, reaching to 
the line of the eyes, imbricated, deep green, posterior row of 
feathers violet. — Below , dark umber-brown, with purple lights; 
chin velvet-black ; gular patch yellowish green, bordered by a 
maxillary stripe of deep green, extends to the upper part of 
the breast, and has the last row of feathers deep steel-blue 
tipped with scarlet, appearing like a terminating scarlet thread ; 
bill, tarsi, and feet, black. — Length, 5 in. ; bill to forehead, 
7£-10ths ; wing to long, quill, 2 in. 6-10ths. 
Hab. Niger. — Note. Only specimen in possession of Mr. Wa- 
terhouse, procured by Dr. Stanger. Differs from preceding in 
colour of coronal and gular patches ; no colour on lesser w.- 
eovers ; want of axillary tufts. 
N. Adelberti, Gervais, 1834. 
Cirmyris Eboen-sis , Thompson, MSS., M. 141, F. 140 
Souimanga d'Adelbert , Cirmyris Adelberti, Gervais, Mag. 
de Zool. iii. pi. 2. — Nectarinia Adelberti, Nat. Lib. 
vol. xxxvi. pi. iii. p. 244 ; Jard. and Selby, Illust. <£ 
Ora., N. S., pi. 49, M. and F. 
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