SYNOPSIS. 
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edged broadly with blue at the centre. — Below , chin, fore part 
of the neck, and breast, deep black ; maxillary stripes long, 
deep blue ; vent and und. t.-covers greenish grey ; flanks and 
under surface of the w. yellowish white ; bill brownish black ; 
tarsi and feet umber-brown. — Length, 5.1 in. ; of bill to fore- 
head, 7-10ths; of w. to long quill, *2-10ths ; centre t. feathers 
exceed true tail 1 in. 2-lOths. 
Hub. Nipaul, ITodg. — Note. Our specimen rather mutilated ; 
descript, will require revision with a perfect skin. 
N. pHjENICura, Jardine, 1842. 
, Col. Zool. Soo. No. 1690 (not named). 
£ Above , crown steel-blue ; back and sides of the neck, back, 
up. t.-covers, two long t. feathers, and the outer webs of the 
others, bright orange scarlct-rcd ; rump dull gamboge yellow ; 
scapulars, less, w.-covers, and edges of the quill and secondaries, 
oil-green ; wings umber-brown ; tail, inner webs of the feathers, 
except the centre pair, umber-brown, tips paler, — seen from be- 
neath, reddish grey . — Belong chin and centre of the throat and 
neck, deep velvet black, bordered by maxillary stripe of deep 
steel-blue ; breast and upper belly orange-yellow ; lower belly, 
vent, and und. t.-covers, dull gamboge-yellow ; bill blackish- 
brown ; tarsi and feet umber-brown. — Length, exclusive of 
out. t.-fcathers, 5 in. ; of wing to long quill, 2 in. 2-10ths. 
2 Above , yellowish oil-green; wings umber-brown; rump 
dull gamboge-yellow ; up. t.-covers, centre feathers, and out. 
webs of others, orange scarlet-red ; throat, fore part of the neck 
and breast, pale oil-green ; belly, vent, and und. t. covers, dull 
gamboge-yellow, darkest in the centre of the former ; bill, tarsi, 
and feet, brownish-black. — Length, 7 in. ; long feathers exceed 
the others by 1^ in. 
Hah. Silliet, Sir F. Fgerton, Bart. Nipaul, Hodg. — Note. 
The last bird, described as 2> was sent to Zool. Soe. by Mr. 
Hodgson, and is probably a young It is probable these two 
last species have been previously named by Mr. Hodgson. 
