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on the lower part; breast, belly, and und. t.-covers velvet- 
black. 
Rab. Congo, Vwill. — Note. Known by Vieillot’s descript. 
swp. cit. We consider the up. parts will be meant, as dark 
brownish black with a yellowish red reflection. It will stand 
near to N. stcmgeri, &c. 
N. supebbus, Vieillot, 1823. 
le sour/nimbimlmi, Yieill. Ois. Dor. pi. xxii . — Le Soui- 
manga smignimbhulou, C. swperbus, Yieill. Enc. Method. 
Om. p. 597. 
(J Coronal patch blue; occiput, back of the neck, back, 
and up. w. and t.-covers, golden-green; w. and t. black 
Throat violet-purple with green reflections ; breast red, sepa- 
rated from the throat by a narrow band of golden-green ; 
belly, flanks, and und. t-covers, dull red. 
Hah. Congo, Malemba, Vieill. — Note. Known by the figure 
in Ois. Dor. Will stand near N, splmdida and bifasciata. 
N. abyssinica, Hemprieh and Elircnbcrg, 18 — . 
N. ffabessinica, Hemp, and Ehrenb. Symb. Phys. av. 
pi. iv. 
tj Crown, neck, and back, dark green with a bright golden 
lustre, forehead and crown having a violet lustre Breast with 
a blue interrupted band ; above, crimson, terminated with 
yellowish spots ; belly and vent violet-black, without lustre. — 
Length, 4 in. 9-10ths ; of bill, 84 in. 
$ Greyish brown ; tail, above, blackish. — Paler, vent and 
out. t.-feathers margined with white ; belly with a yellow cen- 
tral spot. 
Rab. Coasts of Abyssinia at Gelet, Hemp, and Ehrenb . — 
Note. Differs from N. chalybea in belly black, crown with a 
violet lustre, no blue rump; from N. cMonrpygia in violet 
crown. Known by the plate and descript, in the Symbolte 
Physiccc, the authority for above. 
N. affinis, Riippell, 18 — . 
Ciimyris affinis, Riipp. N. Wirb. p. 87, taf. 31, fig. 1. 
