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dente maculdque auriculari splendide violaceis ; capite supra, 

 caudce tectricibus, rectricibus mediis, latemliumque, externo 

 excepto, pogoniis externis met alike viridibus ; alis, rectricibus 

 lateralibusy dorsi inferioris lateribus, fascidque subpectorali 

 Juscis ; abdomine griseo ; dorso imo sulphureo. 

 Irides intense brunneae. Longitudo corporis 5\ \mc, caudce 2^\. 

 Larvce of flies, a spider, ants, and minute insects found in the 

 stomach. Inhabits only the lofty trees of the dense woods 

 of the Ghauts. — "I will here beg leave to speak in the first 

 person. I have dedicated this magnificent bird to a gentleman 

 whose enlarged views of natural affinities in zoology have con- 

 tributed essentially to enhance the value of the science, and to 

 facilitate the labours of every zoologist. The dedication is 

 also influenced by a desire to testify my sense of the many 

 kind attentions of Mr. Vigors." — W. H. S. 



135. Cinnyris minima. Cinn. capite nuchdque olivaceo -viridibus ; 



pectoris notis, dorso, scapularibus, uropygioque intense sangui- 

 nes, hoc violaceo splendenti y subtus pallide Jlavd ; alis cau- 

 ddquefusco-brunneis. 

 Fcem. olivascentibrunnea, uropygio rufo. 

 Irides rufo-brunneae. Longitudo corporis 3A tine, caudce If. 

 Mel with only in the dense woods of the Ghauts. White ants and 

 larvce of flies were found in the stomach. One bird was seen 

 sucking honey. Female of a uniform brown, with a patch of 

 brick red on the rump and upper tail-coverts, and the yellow 

 below fainter than in the male. Colonel Sykes believes this to 

 be the smallest of the Sun-birds. 



136. Cinnyris Mahrattensis. Certhia Mahrattensis, Shaw. Cinnyris 



orientalis, Frankl. 

 Dr.Latham does not mention the crimson joined to the yellow spot 

 under the wing. These birds suck flowers while hovering on 

 the wing; they eat minute insects also. Female not met with. 

 Length 4?tV inches, inclusive of tail of l^V inch. 



137. Cinnyris concolor. Cinn. viridi-olivacea, alis cauddque 



saturatioribus , corpore subtus pallidiori. 

 Irides intense rufo-brunneae. Longitudo corporis 4 unc, 

 caudce 1. 

 Insects with long antenntz were found in the stomach. As four 

 specimens obtained by Colonel Sykes were all females, and as 

 they were met with in the same locality as Cinn. Vigorsii, Cinn, 

 concolor may be the female of that splendid species ; but the dif- 

 ference in the size, form, and aspect of the bird, independently 

 of colour, is opposed to this : they were never seen together. 

 The bird has the outline of Cinn. Mahrattensis. The specific 

 appellation of concolor is given provisionally. 

 Colonel Sykes, in concluding his notice of the birds of the two 

 first Orders, observed that in the majority of instances his know- 

 ledge was derived from an observation of many specimens of the same 

 species in the living state. For the most part also he had obtained 

 both sexes, and was very rarely confined to a single specimen. 



