neck, and back, are of a deep cinnamon, or Jnuff-colour: beneath'
the body green : under wing coverts yellow: the two middle tail
feathers are double the length o f the reft, being two inches and a
half lon g ; the others of a moderate length, even at the ends, and
o f a blackifh green colour: legs black.
I met with a fpecimen of the above at the late Mr. Rad dam's..
Native place uncertain.
g s
ASH-BELLIED
CR._
D e s c r i p t i o n ;
P l a c e .
Br. Mii/l
T E N G T H five inches and a half. Bill fcarce an inch long,.
and black : tongue bifid r top o f the head green : the upper
parts o f the neck, body, and wings, pale olive green ; the under
very pale alh-colour : quills and tail brown, edged with green :
legs black.
Inhabits Africa.
INDIGO CR.
D e s c r i p t i o n .
P l a c e .
Le Roffignol de Muraille des Indes, Son. Voy. Ind. vol. ii, p. 208".-
g I Z E o f the Fig-eater. Bill b la ck : irides rufous yellow: the-
top o f the head, neck behind, the back, wings, and tail, are o f
a pale indigo blue : over the eye a white ftreak, and a fecond of
black palling under the eye to the hind head : the throat is white
the bread, belly, and vent, rufous: legs rufous yellow..
Inhabits India.
Lt
Le Grimpereau verd da Cap de B. ECperance, Son. Voy. Ini. vol. ii. p. 208.
pi. 11$. f. 2.
g l Z E o f the Canary Bird. Bill bent, and black: head, neck,
back, and wing coverts, light changeable green : quills arid
tail reddilh, or gloffy rufous: rump Iky-blue : throat red: legs
black.
Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, and has an agreeable note.
Le Grimpereau de Malacca, Sox. Voy. Ind. vol, ii, p. 209. pi. 116. ƒ. 1.
j g I G G E R than the laft. Bill black : irides red : the forehead
deep changeable green: behind the eye is a dirty greenilh
band, palling half way down the fide o f the neck, where it is
rounded at the end ; parallel to, and beneath this, is a fecond, o f
gloffy violet, which arifes at the gape, and is continued on to
the wing : the throat is red brown : the Idler wing coverts violet,
with a metalline glofs; the others the fame, inclining to red:
the quills dirty brown: the back, rump, and tail, are changeable
v io le t: breaft, belly, and thighs, yellow : legs brown.
A (light variety o f this is in the colleftion of Colonel Davies.
Length four inches. Head, neck, and all above, violet purple:
(ides o f the head, beneath the eyes, greenilh brown : chin and
throat inclining to red : wing coverts, fcapulars, and rump, gloffy
violet purple: quills brown, edged with dulky olive : tail black,
edged with gloffy purple : beneath, from the breaft, yellow.
S 2 Le-
S3-
BLUE-RUMPED
CR.
D e s c r i p t i o n .
P l a c e .
si YELLOW-BELLIED
CR.
D e s c r i p t i o n .