74 ON THE SUN-BIEDS OF THE [1870. 



Certlda asiafica. Lath., was described from a drawing of an Indian example by Major 

 Koberts. I have never met with any Indian Arachnechthra in the plumage described under 

 C. cirrhafa, Lath., stated by Shaw to have been described from one of Lady Impey's drawings. 

 C. chri/sojjfera. Lath., was described from a drawing in which the yellow axillaries were made to 

 look like wing-coverts. C. strigida, Hodgs., was founded on a male in postnuptial dress. The 

 dark sanguine pectoral band which marks the lower limit of the metallic pectoral plumage is 

 not always so evident in this Sun-bird as in A. lotcnia. Eeichenbach (Haudb. p. 295) separates 

 Tenasserim indiA iduals under Latham's specific name of mahrattensis. I am unacquainted with 

 the Tenasserim race ; but, if distinct, it must have a new title. 



2. ARACii-XEcnTHRA LOTEXi.\ (L.), S. N. ed. xii. i. p. 188, no. 29, " Zeylona," d adult. (17GG), 

 descr. orig. 



Certhia ])0?ita, Sparrm., Mus. Carls, fasc. iii. t. 59, patr. non indie, d adult. (1788), descr. orig. 

 lAvis zeylonica omnicolor, Seba, Thes. i. p. 110, t. 09. 

 Certhia omnicolor, Gm., S. N. i. p. 483, no. 53 (1788), ex Seba. 



% Sickle-hilled Creeper, Lath., Gen. Synop. i. pt. ii. p. 705, no. G, patr. non indie, ex Mus. 

 Brit., descr. orig. 



Certhia falcata, Gm., torn. cit. p. 470, no. 30 (1788), ex Lath. 

 Ze Sucrier hronze, Le VaiU., Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 170, t. 297, f. 1, d , "Africa"! 

 Cinnyns aneus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 495 (1819), ex Le Vaill. t. 297. f. 1. 

 Purjile Indian Creeper, Edw., Gleanings, ii. p. IIG, t. 205, f. sup. s adult., patr. incert. 

 Ibis, 1870, Certhia purpurata, Shaw, G. Zool. viii. pt. i. p. 201 (1811), ex Edw. t. 265, f. sup. 



Le Soin-manga poitrpre, Audeb. & Vieill., Ois. Dor. ii. p. 29, 1. 11, d adult., patr. non indie, 

 descr. orig. 



Cinnijris purpuratus, Vieill., N. Diet, d'llist. Nat. xxxi. p. 509 (1819), ex Audeb. & Vieill. 



t. 11. 



lie Soui-manga a cravate violette, Audeb. & Vieill., Ois. Dor. ii. p. 35, 1. 15, patr. non indie, 



cj adolese 



Kectari7iia lotcnia (L.), Jard., Nat. Lib. xxxA-i. pp. 220, 263, t. 23, d adult, " India." 



Hal. Malabar, Carnatic, Madras, not observed elsewhere in India (Jerdon); Ceylon (Layard); 

 Deccan (Moore). 



Described from a Ceylon specimen obtained by Governor Loten. Linnaeus having carelessly 

 added the Certhia madagascariensis viridis, Briss., as a synonym, lotenia passed until recently as 

 the title of the Madagascar bird, N. angaladiuna. (Shaw)*. Seba can only have meant this Ceylon 

 species. Reichcnbach (Haudb.) enumerates Cinnyris cf?t«Ms, Vieill., as a good species from South 

 Africa ! 



A. lotenia, though the type of Arachnechthra, Cab., is isolated from the rest of the species 

 of that genus by the great development of the bill, a speciality of structure which may account 

 for its restricted geographical range. 



• The oldest title for this iladagascar species appears to be Certhia notatus('.}, P. L. S. Miiller, Xatursyst. Anhang, 

 p. 9U, no. 32 (177G;, ex Lufl'. I'l. Eul. 575, f. 2, 3. 



p. 2-i. 



