6. CINNTEIS. 65 



Certhia lepida, Sparnn. Mus. CarU.i.^l. 35(1786). 



Soui-manga a ceinture marron, Aud. et VieiU. Ois. Dor. ii. pp, 37, 38 

 pis. 10, 17 (1.S02). ' 



Soui-manga brun et blanc, Aud. et Vieill. torn. cit. p, 118, pi. 81. 



Certhia flaviventris, Herm. Obs. Zool. p. 136 (1804), 



? Certhia citrinella, Herm. torn. cit. p. 137. 



Certhia zeylouica, Shaw, Gen. Zvol. viii. p. 203 (1811). 



Certhia dubia, Shaw, Gm. Zool. viii. p. :204 (1811). 



Cinnyris dubia, Ctw. Rhjne Anim. i. p. 4l2 (1817). 



CinnVris lepida, Ouv. torn. cit. p. 412 ; fSykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 98, 

 no. 132. 



Cinnyris sola, Vieill. N. Diet. (T Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 612, " Pondicherrv" 

 (1819) ; id. Enc. Mcth. ii. p. 597 (1823) ; Less. Man. d'Orn. 'ii. 

 p. 51 (1828) ; Jerd. 3Iadr. Journ. xi. p. 226, no. 234 (1840) ; Puche- 

 ran, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1853, p. 483. 



Cinnyris zeylonicus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 507 (1819) ; 

 Hahn, Vog. pt. 7, pi. 4 (1820) ; Vieill. Enc. 3Ieth. ii. p. 594 

 (1823) ; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 61 (1828) ; £p. C. A. i. 

 p. 409, no. 46 (1850) ; Hume, Str. F. x. p. 270 (1877) ; Cripps, 

 ton. cit. p. 267 ; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 569 (1879) ; Shelley, Monogr. 

 Nect. p. 137, pi. 4-5. 



Cinnyris nigroalbus, Less. Did. Sc. Nat. i. p. 6 (1827, ex Aud. et 



^ Vieill. pi. 81) ; id. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 26 (1828). 



Nectarinia nigTalba, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv. p. 510 (1829). 



Cinnyris Solaris, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 297, no. 26 (1831) ; Pucheran, 

 Iter, et Mag. de Zool. 1";53, p. 488. 



? Cinnyris lepida, Sykes, J. A. S. B. iii. p. 543 (1834). 



Nectarinia zevlonica, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp.213, 261, pi. 20 

 (1843); Bigth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 976 (1843); G-Vay, Gen. B. i. 

 p. 98 (1847); Bli/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 226, no. 1368 

 (1849) ; Layard, Ann. N. H. (2) xii. p. 174 (1853) ; Tytler, Ann. 

 N. H. (2) xiii. p. 373 (1854) ; Pelzeln, Peise Novara, Vog. p. 52 

 (1865) ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. 19, pi. 4 (1867) ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. 



^ i. p. 112, no. 1392 (1869). 



Nectai-inia sola. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 99 (1847). 



Leptocoma zeylonica. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 104, no. 568 (1850) ; Bp. 

 Comptes Pendiis, 1854, p. 265; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. 

 Co. Mm. ii. p. 740, no. 1082 (1856) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 368 (1862) ; 

 Beavan, Ibis, 186.5, p. 2-32 ; Ball, Str. F. vii. p. 208 (1878) ; God- 

 win-Austen, J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 267 ; Blanf. op. cit. 1871, p. 272 ; 

 Jerd. Ibii, 1872, p. 17 ; Hume, Nest Hf Eggs Ind. B. p. 147 (1873). 



Ciunyricincla nigralba, Reichb. Handb. Scansori<B, p. 306, no. 719 

 (1851). ^ 



Anthreptes sperata, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 56 (1854). 



Ncctarophila zeylouica, Peichb. torn. cit. p. 282, pi. 570. figs. .3885- 

 87, and pi. .569. figs. 3881-82 (1854) ; TValden, Ibis, 18fo, p. 37: 

 Holdsicorfh, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 434. ' f ' 



Arachnothera nigralba. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 113, no. 1402 (1869). 

 Anthreptes zeylonica, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 56 (^1854). 

 Nectarinia zej'lonica, Haiil. J.f. 0. 1859, p. 292. 



Adult male. Entire crown and ulnar coverts metallic purplish 

 green ; chin aud throat purplish violet ; lower back and upper tail- 

 coverts rich metallic violet ; tail black, the outer pair of feathers with 

 pale tips ; wings aud wing-coverts dark brown, extermdly edged 

 with reddish brown ; nape, mantle, sides of neck, and a broad ooUar 



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