298 Sit T. S. Rafples's Descriptive Catalogue 



former, the upper mandible overlaps the lower, whose edges 

 are incurved for the purpose. In this species the nostrils are 

 round, and situated near the base of the bill. The feathers on 

 the thighs are blackish, the legs reddish ; the tarsi rather 

 long ; the outer toe united to the middle one as far as the last 

 joint. 



Found at Singapore and in the interior of Sumatra. They are 

 seen in small flocks, and feed on insects, like the preceding. 



CERTHIA. 



Of this numerous and beautiful genus there are several spe- 

 cies in the collection ; but it is not easy, without extensive refe- 

 rence to figures, to determine them all. They are known to the 

 Malays by the general name of Chechap <^s>=- or the Suckers , 

 as they are said to suck the juices of flowers. 



1. CERTHIA Sperata, Linn. 

 Chirichit, Chechap, or Siap. tJL* cjjs^. u^aaj,*. 



This is probably a variety of the C. Sperata, but has also a con- 

 siderable resemblance to the C. Brasiliana, the sides and back 

 of the neck being of a velvet-black, and the tail having a tinge 

 of blue. The head is of the most brilliant golden-green, the 

 throat of a splendid purple, the breast and abdomen dusky- 

 red, and the shoulders and tail-coverts black, with a change- 

 able shade of green and purple. 



2. CERTHIA erythronotos, Lath. 



SlKRAT, Or SlPA PUTRI. ^jjj \L» C^L* 



3. CERTHIA 



