6. CINNTBI8, 91 



Female. Fnderparts uniform bright yello-^v ; supercilium and 

 checks ycDow. Culmen 0-85 inch, wing 1'9-2*1, tail 1-25. 



Obs. 1. One adult male from the Ke Islands has some of the 

 feathers of the chest tipped with brownish maroon, thus indicating 

 the collar of C.Jlamma.nUarit', from which species C. zenohia differs 

 chiefly by having the underparts black instead of yellow. 



Ohs. 2. In several males some of the frontal feathers are edged 

 with metallic blue. 



Hab. Ke Islands, Ceram, Amboina, Bouru. 



a, b, c. c? ad. sk. Amboina. ' Challenger ' Expedition. 



d. c? ad. sk. Cerani ( Wallace). J. Gould, Esq. 



e,f- d'ff- 2 ad. sk. Ceram. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C] 



/*." c? ad. sk. Ke Islands. A. E. Yv'allace, Esq. [C. ' 



J, ^- d 2 ^^- 5^- Bouru. A. R. "Wallace, Esq. [C. 



SEYENTH GKOUP (Chalcomitra). 



The species of this group have the head, back, and neck all round 

 metallic greenish blue ; across the throat a collar, which is either dark 

 metallic or scarlet ; wings and greater coverts uniform brownish ; 

 tail black. Pectoral tufts only in C. fidiginosa. Rest of underparts 

 varying from pale ashy brown through yellow to white. The feathers 

 of the lower back are very long and fluffy and dull white, olive- 

 yellowish, &c., generally concealed by the shorter metaUic feathers. 

 Bill and feet black; iris dark brown. — African. 



48. Cinnyris gntturalis. 



Le Grimperoau noirastre du Bresil, Briss. Om. iii. p. GoS, pi. 33. 

 f. 3 (1760). 



Certhia gutturalis, Liiin. S. N. i. p. 186, no. 15 (1766, ex Bn'ss.) ; 

 P. L. S. Man. S. N. ii. p. 2-58, no. 14 (1773) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 478 

 (1778) ; Lath. Lid. Om. i. p. 291, no. .32 (1790) ; Shaic, Kat. Misc. 

 xix. pi. 797; id. Gen. Zool. -^-iii. p. 2.55 (1811). 



Grimpereau brun du Bresil, Dauhent. PI. Eiil. 578. f. 3. 



L'Oiseau brun a bee de Grimpereau, Dauhent. Hist. Nat. v. p. 525 

 (1778). 



Green-faced Creeper, Lath. Gen. 8i/n. ii. p. 723, no. 24 (1782) ; id. 

 Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 207, no. 78 (1822). _ 



Le Soui-manga noiratre, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii. p. 65 (1802). 



Le Sucrier Protee, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 165 (1808, part.); 

 Sundei: Ki-it. PVamst., Levaill. p. 57 (1857). 



Cinnvris guttm'alis, Cuv. Beg. Anim. i. p. 412 (1817); Cab. in Von 

 de'r Dechens Beise, iii. p. 28, no. 22 (1860). 



Cinnyris senegalensis, Ha/in, Om. Atlas, Cinnyris, pi. 1 (18.34). 



Nectai-inia natalensis, Jard. Monoqi: Sun-birds, pp. 193, 25G, pi. 12 

 (1843) ; id. Contr. Om. 1849, p. 62, ]1. 12; Sclat. op. cit. 1852, 

 p. 124 ; Giimey, Ibis, 1860, p. 207 ; Bocage, .Torn. Lisb. i. pp. 13.5, 

 .3.32 (1807), ii. p. 41 (1868) ; Lai/ard, B. S. Afr. p. 80, no. 134 

 (1867) ; Finsvh, J.f. 0. 1807, p. 246 ; Sperling, Ibis, 1868, p. 289. 



