SYNOPSIS. 
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und. t.-covers, velvet-black, these colours separated on the 
breast by a narrow transverse band of brilliant violet. — Length 
5 in. 3 lines. 
$ Green ; w. and t. blackish- brown ; breast, belly, sides, 
and und. t.-covers, greyish-white, varied with black spots. 
Hal). Madagascar Briss. — Note. Standing near to N. splen- 
dida, bifasciata , &c. Known by dcscript. of Brisson and figure 
in Ois. Dor. The former our present authority. — N. lotenia , 
Linn, is frequently quoted erroneously as a syn. for this bird 
and N. splendida. 
THE END. 
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