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N. famosa, Linnaeus, 1766. 
C&'thia famosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 187, 1766. — Certhia 
longicauda , C. B. SpeL Briss. Oraitliol. 4to. iii. p. 647, 
pi. xxxiv. fig. 1 ; 8vo. ii. p. 14. — Souimanga Malachite , 
C. famosus , Vieill. Enc. Method, p. 592. — Le Sumner 
Malachite , Lc Yaill. Ois. d’Afr. p. 143, pis. 289, 299. — 
Le grande Souimanga a longue queue, Vieill. Ois. Dor. 
pis. xxxvii., xxxviii. — Famous Creeper , Lath. Gen. Hist, 
iv. p. 214. — Shining Creeper, C. famosa, Shaw, Gen. 
Zool. viii. p. 212, pi. 31. — Oiimperean a longue queue 
du C. de B. espemnee, Buff*. PI. Enl. 83, fig. 1 . 
J Above, including less, w.-covers and scapulars, malachite- 
green, on the head and neck with a play of green and reddish 
bronze ; w. black, on the secondaries tinted with violet ; t. 
square, centre feathers much elongated, black, the latter at 
their base edged with malachite-green. — Below , chin in some 
lights appearing black ; throat and neck generally of a golden 
bronzed green ; breast, belly, and vent, malachite green, on the 
latter and und. t.-covers intermixed with black ; axillary t lifts 
gamboge-yellow ; bill, tarsi, and feet, black. — Length, 9 iu. to 
in. ; of bill to forehead, 1 in. 3-10ths ; of w. to long, quill, 
3 in. 2-10tlis ; long, t.-feathers exceed the square t. from 2 * in. 
to 3 in. 1-1 Oth. 
Hob. S. Africa, vicinity of the C. of G. Hope, Lc Yaill., Ac, 
L. pulch ell a, Linnmus, 1766. 
Certhia pulchella, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 187, 1766 ; Gm. 
Linn. p. 481 . — Ceiihia Imgirtiuda Senegalensis, Briss. 
Omithol. 4to. iii. p. 645, pL xxxiv. fig. 3 ; 8vo. ii. p. 14. 
Le Sucrier cossu, Lc Vaill. Ois. d’Alr. vi. p. 1 54, pi. 293, 
fig. 1 . — Cinnyris caudatus, Vieill Enc. Method, p. 595, 
1823. — Grimpei'ean a longue queue du, Senegal, Buff. PI. 
Enl. 670 ; auct. Le Vaill . — Beautiful Creeper, Lath. Gen. 
Hist. iv. p. 217 . — Le petit Souimanga a longue queue, 
Vieill. Ois. Dor. pi. 40 ; Swain. Birds of W. Africa. 
cJ Above, including less, w.-covers and edges of the w. to 
base of 1st quill, golden-green ; w. brownish black ; tail, square 
centre-feathers only elongated, black, — the latter at then* base 
