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Young nudes resemble the females, but have the crown shaded 

 with olive, the chin and throat washed with yellow (Shdlei/). 

 Hab. Celebes. 



24. Cinnyris hasselti. 



Le Grimpereau violet du Bresil, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 661, no. 30 (1760). 

 Le Guit-guit nok et violet, Bjoff. Hist. Nat. v. p. 541, no. 30 (1778). 

 Black and Violet Creeper, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 307 (1781) ; id. Gen. 



Hist. iv. p. 274, no. 89. 

 Certhia brasUiana, Gm. S. N. i. p. 474, no. 41 (1788, ex Briss.); Lath. 



Ind. Orn. i. p. 293, no. 39 (1790) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 257 



(1811). 

 Le Soiii-manga violet, Audeb. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 65 (1802). 

 Certhia sperata, Raffles, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 298 (1822, nee Linn.). 

 Nectarinia hasseltii, Tenim. PI. Col. 376. fig. 3 (1825) ; Jard. Mono(jr. 



Sun-birds, pp. 218, 262, pi. 22 (1843) ; & Midi. ^ Schl. Verh. Nat. 



Gesch., Aves, p. 59, pi. 10. fig. 5 (1846) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 98 



(1847) ; Lo2V, Sarawak, p. 410 (1848) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc. 



p. 226, no. 1370 (1849); ScM. Handl. Dierk. p. 256 (1857); 



Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 220; Pelzeln, Beise Novara, Vog. pp. 52, 



161 (1865) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1869, p. 420. 

 Cinnyris hasseltii. Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 31 (1828); Bp. C. A, 



i. p. 409, no. 48 (1850) ; SheUe^J, Mmiogr. Nect. p. 127, pi. 42 ; 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 342. 

 Cinnyris ruber. Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 296, no. 23 (1831); Pucheran, 



Bev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 487 (1853). 

 Nectarinia phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 1008 (1843) ; id. op. 



cit. xiv. p. 557 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. i.p. 98, no. 60 (1847). 

 Leptocoma hasseltii, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 104 (1850) ; Ilorsf. ^ 



Moore, Cat. B. B.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 740, no. 1081 (1856) ; Moore, 



P. Z. S. 1859, p. 462 ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 473. 

 Leptocoma brasiliaua, Walden, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 543. 

 NectarophUa hasseltii, Meichb. Handb. Svansoiice, p. 280, no, 650, 



pi. 563. figs. 3868-70 (1854) ; Saload. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, t. 



p. 177 (1874); Sharpe, P.Z.S. 1875, p. 106; Blyth ^- Walden, 



B. Bunna, p. 142 (1875) ; Tweedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 302. 

 Arachnothera phayrei. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. Ill, no. 1380 (1869). 

 Arachnothera hasseltii. Gray, torn. cit.^. 112, no. 1394. 

 NectarophUa brasiliaua, Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 41. 

 Authreptes hasseltii, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 56 (1854). 

 NectarophUa brasiliaua, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 300 (1870). 

 Cinnyris brasilianus, Hume, Str. F. v. p. 271 (1877) ; Shelley, 



Monogr. Nect. pi. 42. 

 Leptocoma brazillana, Hume ^ Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 184 (1878), 



Adult male. Whole bird, in position A, black, with the exception 

 of the red breast ; fore neck, crown, and lower back metallic. In 

 position B the entire crown and nape are metallic green; least wiug- 



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