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and t. umber-brown. — Below , primrose-yellow, darkest on the 
feln-oat and breast. 
Ilab. High forest jungle of Malabar, Jerd. Dense woods of 
the Ghauts of the Deccan. Col. SyJces. 
N. solarts, Temminck, 18 — . 
Souimanga souti, N. solans , Temm. PI. Col. 347, fig. 3. 
<5 Above , coronal patch green, reaching rather beyond the 
line of the eyes ; back of the neck, back, rump and up. t.-co- 
vers, dark oil-green ; w. and t. umber-brown. — Below , throat, 
fore part of the neck and up. breast, very deep indigo 
tinted with violet, shading to dark metallic-green upon the 
edges of the gular patch ; lower breast, belly, vent, and und. t.- 
covers, brilliant orpiment orange, paler on the vent. — Length 
4£ in. 
Hab. Amboyna. Temm. 
N. pectoralis, Horsficld, 1821 * 
Nect. pectoralis, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 1st. p. 167, 
1 821. — Souivumga distingue , N. cximia , Temm. PI. Col. 
138, M. & F. 18 — . — Certlda Philippensis olivacea , 
Briss. Omithol. 4to. iii. p. 623, pi. xxxiv. fig. 4 ; 8vo. 
ii. p. 7 ? — Grimp&'eau olive des Philippines , PL Enl. 
576, fig. 4 ? 
£ Above , front in a line with the eyes, a narrow streak over 
each steel-blue; w. umber-brown, feathers edged with oil- 
green ; tail black, feathers (except the centre pan) tipped with 
white, that on the outside for half its length ; other upper parts 
dark yellowish oil-green. — Below , chin, throat, and breast, 
deep steel-blue, in the centre of the throat and neck tinted 
with purple, and showing a defined mark; belly, vent, and 
und. t.-covers king’s yellow, axillary tufts of a deeper shade ; 
bill, tarsi, and feet, blackish brown. — Length, 3 in. 9-10ths; 
of bill to forehead, 7-10ths ; of w. to long, quill, 2 in. 1-1 Oth. 
Hab. Java, Horsf 1, Eeinwardt. 
Pub. 1821 ; paper read, 1820. 
