283 ORNITHOLOGY, 



Nectarinia goalpariensis, Jardine, 



Certhia " Royle. 



Cinnyris Vigorsii, Sykes. 



Nectarinia Seheria (?), Tickell. 



OLIVE-GREEN SUN BIRD. 



The most abundant sun bird in the Tenasserim Pro- 

 vinces is perhaps this species ; which Mr.Blyth describes 

 thus : "Colour of the upper-parts dull olive-green, bright- 

 ening a little on the rump: beneath, moderately bright 

 king^s yellow ; and the axillary tuft intense yellow with 

 flame-colour anteriorly : throat and front of the neck very 

 dark glossy purple, margined laterally and at the gorget 

 with bright steel-purple, below which is a trace of a narrow 

 band of dark red." 



Nectarinia jugularis, Vieillot. 



" fiammaxillaris, Blyth. 



STRAIGHT-BILLED SUN BIRD. 



Another of our common sun birds has a straighter and 

 shorter bill than the preceding. 

 Anthreptcs phcenicotis. 



RED-BACKED SUN BIRD. 



A small black sun bird with a brilliant scarlet back is 

 another of our gaudy little visitors. 

 Dicceum crythronotum. 



OTHER SUN BIRDS. 



There are other species both in these Provinces and 

 Arracan. 



Dicoeum cantillons. 



Nectarinia asiatica, Latham (Arracan.) 



S y N . " mahrattensis, 



" Certhia 



" " sacckarina, Shaw. 



Nectarinia Gouldice, 



" Hasseltii, Temra. 



Syn " Phayrei, Blyth. 



" Certhia spcrata, Pvaffles. 



j&iccewn TickelHa, Blyth (Arracan.) 



