SYNOPSIS. 
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(J Above , head, neck, back and less, w.-covers, blackish 
green, with purple lustre ; ruinp and up. t.- covers steel-blue ; 
w. brownish black ; t. nearly square, centre feathers only elon- 
gated, black, — the latter narrowly edged with violet, slightly 
spatulate at the tips. — Below , throat, fore part of the neck, and 
upper breast, blackish green, bordered with a distinct collar of 
clear blue ; lower breast, belly, and vent, pale kingVyellow ; 
und. t.-covers yellowish white, tipped with yellow ; bill, tarsi, 
and feet, black. — Length, 6 in. ; of bill to forehead, 4-1 Oths ; 
of w. to long, quill, 2 in. 1-1 Oth; long feathers exceed the 
square tail 2 in. 
Hab. N. E. Africa, south of Sucliet, Ruppell. Southern 
Arabia, Dongola, Abyssinia, Ehrenb. Nubia, Dongola, Temm. 
N. zeylonica, Linnaeus, 17GG. 
Ceilhia zeylonica , Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 188 (syn. exc.) ; 
Gm. Syst. i. p. 482 (syn. exc.) ; Lath. Ind. Om. i. 
p. 285 (syn. cxc.) — Ceylonese Creeper , Lath. Gen. Hist, 
iv. p. 227 (syn. exc.) — Ciivnyris sola , Jerd. in Madras 
Journ. ii. p. 128. — Souimanga a ceintvre maroon, Vieill. 
Ois. Dor. p. 37, pi. xvi. (syn. cxc.). 
£ Above, crown extending to the occiput, deep olive-green, 
with green and purple reflections ; less, w.-covers similar, with a 
much greater tint of purple ; cheeks and auriculars, deep um- 
ber-brown ; back and sides of the neck, back, and scapulars, pur- 
plish brown ; lower back and up. t.-covers, amethystine-purple ; 
w. umber-browu, edges of the feathers paler ; t. nearly black, 
exterior feathers tipped with grey, on* the outer for a third of 
its length. — Below, chiu, throat, and fore part of the neck, 
amethystine purple, the breast crossed by a bar of purplish 
red, continued from the brown colour of the upper parts; 
lower breast and belly king’s-yellow, shaded to a paler tint 
on the flanks, vent, and und. t.-covers ; bill, tarsi, and feet, 
dark brownish black. — Length, 4 in. to 4 in. 2- 1 Oths ; of bill 
to forehead, 6-1 Oths; of w. to long, quill, 2 in. 2-1 Oths. 
Hab. Ceylon, Linn. Continental India. Carnatic, more than 
any other part of the peninsula, Jerd. — Note. Varies in the de- 
gree of purple on the coronal patch ; gular patch steel-blue ; 
