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SYNOPSIS. 
Method, p. 393, 1823; Yieill. Gal. des Ois. i. p. 292, 
pi. clxxviii. 
g Head, bach, rump, and w.-covers, bronzed green ; w. and 
t. clear brown, feathers bordered with dull green. — Below , the 
chin and fore part of the neck yellow, up. part of breast bronzed 
green, forming a broad pectoral band ; lower breast, pale red ; 
belly and vent dull yellow, becoming paler on the und. t.-co- 
rers ; bill and feet, blackish. — Length, 3i in. 
Hah. Africa or India ? Vieill. — Note. Descript, aut. Yieill. 
fig. in Ois. Dor. and Gal. 
N. asp asia, Lesson, 1826. 
Souimanga aspasia, Cinnyris aspasia, Less. Yoy. de la 
Coq. vol. i. p. G76 and Atlas, pi. xxx. fig. 4. 
5 "With a coronal patch of emerald-green extending over 
the crown upon the occiput ; cheeks, sides of the neck, 
back, w., and t., deep velvet black, feathers of the latter edged 
with green; covers of the w. and their bend, lower back, 
and up. t.-covers, golden-green ; chin, throat, and fore part 
of the breast, with a brilliant patch of violet inclining to steel- 
blue ; lower part of the breast, belly, and vent, deep black. — 
Length, 3 in. 6 lines. 
Hah. Woods around harbour of Dorery, New Guinea, A uct. 
Voy. de la Coq. — Note. Will stand before or after N. cal- 
costetka. 
N. zenobia, Lesson. 1826. 
Souimanga zenobie , Cinmjris zenobia, Less. Yoy. de la 
Coq. vol. i. p. 679, and Atlas, pi. xxx. fig. 3. 
5 Head, back, rump, gr. w.-covers, uniform yellowish-olive ; 
w. brown, feathers edged with yellow ; t. dull brown ; chin, 
throat, and breast, steel-blue ; belly velvet-black ; vent and 
flanks olive ; axillary tufts ample, orange-yellow. 
Hah. Mountains of Soya, island of Amboyna, — Note. Known 
by the plate in Yoy. de la Coq. ; allied to the form of N. peeto- 
ralis, Horsf. 
