SYNOPSIS. 
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£ Above , head, cheeks, and nape steel-blue ; np. part of the 
back with a broad cresccnted band of deep reddish chestnut, 
extending to the breast and pointing upwards on the sides of 
the neck ; lower back, less, w.-covcrs, scapulars, edges of the 
quills, and secondaries, clear oil-green ; rump gamboge yellow ; 
up. t.-covers steel-blue ; w. blackish-brown ; t. graduated, fea- 
thers rather accumulated at the tips, black — the two outer 
pairs tipped with grey, the outer feathers greenish steel-blue, 
black at the base and tips. — Below , gamboge-yellow, centre of 
the breast and belly reddish orange, throat steel-blue, inside 
of the w. pale yellowish white ; bill, tarsi, and feet, blackisli- 
brown. — Length, 54 . in.; of bill to forehead, 7-10tbs; of w. 
to long quill, 2 in. 
Hah. Nipaul, Hodg. 
N. gouldi^e, Vigors, 1831. * 
Cinmjris gouldice, Vig. Proc. Zool. Soc. part i. 1830 and 
1831, p. 44; Gould. Cent, of Birds from Himalaya 
Mount, pi. lvi. 
£ Above, crown extending to the occiput in a point, auri- 
culars, spot at insertion of w., up. t.-covers, metallic blue 
with purple reflections ; back and sides of the neck, back, chest- 
nut red with a mixture of carmine ; rump gamboge-yellow . 
w. umber brown ; t. black, centre feathers elongated, broadly 
edged with steel-blue. — Below , gamboge-yellow sparingly 
dashed with red; throat steel-blue with purple reflections; 
bill, tarsi, and feet, umber-brown. — -Length (equaling N. goaL- 
pariends). 
Hab, Alpine India. Himalaya, Gould.' 
N. Hodgsoni, Jardine, 1842. 
J Above , crown, nape, up. t.-covers, very deep blue ; sides 
of the neck, up. back, and scapulars, dark reddish chestnut 
(nearly blood-red) ; lower back black ; neck pale yellow ; w 
brownish black; t. black, centre feathers much lengthened 
February. 
