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(J Above , steel-blue, varied with green and purple reflec- 
tions ; w. brownish black ; t. black, feathers edged with steel- 
blue. — Below, chin, neck, and upper breast, steel-blue, inclining 
to green and violet ; fore part of the neck of a deeper and more 
violet tint, showing a central mark running downwards for the 
whole length of the gtilar patch ; across the lower breast a 
very narrow band of purplish red (sometimes partial, some- 
times entirely wanting) ; belly, vent, and und. t.-covers, black, 
latter tipped with steel-blue ; axillary tufts king’s-yellow, over- 
laid with orange-red ; bill, tarsi, and feet, black. — Length, 4 in. 
l-10th to 4 in. 5-lOtlis ; of bill to forehead, 7-10tlis ; of w. to 
long, quill, 2 in. l-10th to 2 in. 2-10ths. 
9 t£ Above , greenish brown-grey, quills dusky, tail black. — 
Below , pale yellow, darkest on the throat.” Jerd. 
Hob. Continental India and the Peninsula. Summit of the 
Nylgherries, Jerd. Nipaul, Uodg. S. Africa, Col. Sykes (re- 
quiring confirmation). — Note. If correct in N. adatica for a 
8yn., the bird should bear that name, being given in the Ind. 
Om. in 1790. Varies in the shade of steel-blue and purple, 
and in the distinctness and colour of the reddish pectoral band. 
Differs from N. lotenia in proportion of bill, black belly and 
vent, reddish orange on axillary tufts. 
N. minima, Sykes, 1832. 
Cinnyris mimUa , Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc. April, 1832, 
p. 98 ; Jerd. Mad. Joum, 1840, p. 128. 
(J Above, crown and nape metallic-olive with purple reflec- 
tions (texture soft) ; sides of the neck, back, rump, and up. 
t.-covers purplish scarlet-red, on the lower back and t.-covers, 
varied with pale bluish purple ; w. umber-brown, t. blackish 
brown. — Below , neck, tliroat, and up. breast amethystine-pur- 
ple ; belly, vent, and und. t.-covers deep primrose-yellow ; bill, 
tarsi, and feet, wood-brown. — Length, 3 in. 6-lOths ; of w. to 
long, quill, 1 in. 8-10ihs. 
9 Above , head, cheeks, back of the neck, and up. back, yel- 
lowish oil-green ; less, w.-covers, lower back, and up. t.-covers, 
purplish scarlet-red, with a slight tinge of bluish purple ; w. 
