G. CINNYIU3. 83 



tips of tail-feathers whitish brown, Culmen U-75 iuch, wing 

 2-1-2-2, taU 1-.5, tarsus 0-00. 



Female with a yellow superciliary streak ; no metallic coloiu-s ; 

 uuderparts uniform j'ollow. 



Hab. Timor and Plorcs. 



a. (S ad. sk. Timor (A. li. Wallace). Gould Collection. 



b. S ad. sk. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C. 



c. d. (S ad. sk. E. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. "C. 



e. (S ad. sk. Semao, Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. C. 



f, q. Ad. sk. Flores. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C 

 h. Ad. sk. Flores (^1. B. Wallace). H. Seebokm, Esq. [P.]. 



41. Cinnyris flammaxiilaris. 



Nectarinia jugularis, i)Vy/(, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 979 (1843). 

 Nectariuia tlammaxillaris, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xiv. p. oo7 (1845), xv. 



p. 370 (1846); id. Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc. p. 226, no. 1367 (1849); 



Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 151 ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1866, p. 129 ; Beaoan, 



Ibis, 1869, p. 420. 

 Cinnyris flammaxiilaris, Bp. C. A. i. p. 408, no. 45 (1850) ; Shelki/, 



Monoyr. Nect. p. 161, pi. 51; Oates, B. Brit. Burin, i. p. 320. 

 Cyrtostomus flammaxiilaris, Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. 



ii. p. 739, no. 1080 (1856) ; Moore, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 462. 

 Aracliuechthra flammaxiilaris, Waldcn, P. Z. 8. 1806, p. 541 ; id. 



Ibis, 1870, p. 24 ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1870, p. 239 ; Walden, Ibis, 1871, 



p. 167 ; Hume, A^'sts and E</(js Ind. B. p. 154 (1873) ; Walden, 



Ibis, 1876, p. 348 ; Hume ly JJavis. 8tr. F. 1878, p. 192. 

 Araclmothera flammaxiilaris. Gray, Hand-l, B, i. p. 112, no. 1383 



(1869). 



Andaman Bace (C. andamaniea). 



Arachnechthra freuata, Ball, J. A. 8. B. xli. p. 280 (1872) ; id, 



8tr. F. 1873, p. 65. 

 Araclmechthra flammaxiilaris ?, Walden, Ibis, 1873, p. 312. 

 Araclmechtlira andamauica, Hume, 8tr. F. 1873, p. 404 ; id. 8tr, F. 



1874, pp. 00, 105, 109, 198. 

 Cinnyris andamanicus, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 157, pi. 50. 



Male in hreeding-pJumage. Whole crown and rest of upper i)arts 

 olive ; sides of head brown ; superciliary and prteocular regions dark 

 brown ; pectoral tufts large, orange-yeUow ; tail black, with large white 

 tips, narrowly edged with metallic green : whole fore neck metallic, 

 the sides dark, the centre purple ; across the chest a narrow brown- 

 ish maroon collar, separated from the bright yellow of the uuder- 

 parts by a black or sooty l)rowu pectoral baud (this band vai'ies 

 much in extent, and may be altogether wanting iu adult birds). 

 Culmen 0-7 inch, wing 2-1, tail 1-4, tarsus 0-55. 



Female. All the uuderparts bright yellow ; a yellowish superciliary 

 streak ; no pectoral tufts. Wing 1-9 inch. 



Male in winter. Like the female, but with pectoral tufts, and 

 with a broad metallic gular stripe, thus leaving a broad yellow 

 streak extending from tlie cheeks along th ; sides of the neck. 



Hab. Burmese countries and Malayan penmsula. 



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