60 NECTAEINIIDiE. 



Differs from C. asudica, wliich it represents in Baluchistan and 

 in Southern Persia, bj' its much smaller bill and by the different 

 coloration of the female. The latter has the uiiderparts silky 

 white, tlie pale yellow colour being restricted to the cheeks and to 

 the centre of the throat ; chin white ; region of pectoral tufts 

 slightly tinged with greenish. 



Bill of Cinnyris brcvirostris. 



Specimens from Cashmere and Afghanistan seem to be intermediate 

 between the eastern (C. asiatica tyjiica) and this western form. 



a,h. S 2 ad. sk. Bampur, Baluchistan, 2000 W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



feet, April 5, 1872. 

 c. (S innn. sk. Balm Kelat, Baluchistan, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



Feb. 4, 1872. 

 (/. 6 ad. sk. Baluchistan, 4000 feet, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C] 



March 24, 1872. 



18. Cinnyris lotenia. 



Certhia lotenia, Lmn. S. N. i. p. 188 (1700) ; P. L. S. Miiller, S. N. 



ii. p. 260 (1773) ; Gtn. S. N. i. p. 483 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Oni. i. 



p. 286 (1790). 

 Le Soui-mauga pourpre, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. p. 613 (1778) ; Aud. 



et Vicill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 29, pi. 11 (1802). 

 Le Soui-manga de toutes couleurs. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. v. p. 513 



(1778) ; And. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 67 (1802). 

 Loten's C!reeper (Y>t.), Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 715 (1782); id. Gen. 



Hist. B. iv. p. 235 (1822). 

 P Sickle-billed Creeper, Lath. Gen. Si/n. ii. p. 716 (1782). 

 Certhia polita, *S)?«/vm. Mtcs. Carls, ii. pi. 59 (1786); Lath. Lid, 



Orn. i. p. 287 (1790). 

 Polished Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. ii. p. 159 (1787) ; id. Gen. 



Hist. B. iv. p. 245 (1822). 

 ? Certhia falcata, Gm. 8. N. i. p. 470 (1788); Lath. Lid. Orn. i. 



p. 282 (1790). 

 Certhia omnicolor, Gm. S. N. i. p. 483 (1788, ex Seha, pi. 69) ; Lath. 



Ljid. Orn. i. p. 286 (1790) ; Shaiv, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 200 (1811). 

 Le Soui-manga cuivre. And. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 64 (1802). 

 ? Le Soui-inanga de Macassar, And. et Vieill. t. c. p. 06. 

 Le Soui-manga au bee en faucille, Aud. et Vie'ill. t. c. p. 67. 

 Certhia purpurata, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 201, pi. 28 (1811, 'ex 



Edivurds). 

 Cinnyris omnicolor, Cuvier, Reyne Anim. i. p. 412 (1817) ; Less. 



Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 52 (1828). 

 Cinnyris purpuratua, Cuv. Regne Anim. i. p. 412 (1817) ; Vieill. N. 



Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 509 (1819) ; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 53 



(1828). 

 Cinnyris lotenius, Cuv. Reqne Anim. i. p. 412 (1817) ; Bp. C. A. i 



p. 408 (1850) ; Shelley, Monoyr. Nect. p. 177, pi. 50. 



