76 ON THE SUN-BIRDS OF THE [1870. 



rest of the plumage being the same as in the female. Is this the postnuptial attire ? The orange 

 axillaries are not to be detected. Reichenbach (llandb. no. 722) erroneously refers this species 

 to Audebert's and Vieillot's 29th plate. 



6. AracHXECOTiiRA FEEXATA (S. MuUer), Verb. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Overz. Bez. Land- en 

 Volkcnk. p. 173, note, <S , ?, "New Guinea, Menado" [1843]; op. cit. Zool. Aves, p. 01, t. 8. 

 f. 1, 6 adult. [1846]. 



Nectarinia australis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 201, " North Australia." 



JIab. Batchian, Ternate, Aru Islands, New Guinea, Islands of Torres Straits (G. R. Gray) ; 

 Sula Islands, Celebes, Mysol, Moluccas (Wallace) ; Kaisa Island (Wallace, Mus. nostr. 2 ). 

 iT. australis. North-east coast of Australia (J. Macgillivray). 



Differs from A. pectoralis (Horsf.) by wanting the metallic blue frontal patch, by having 

 the yellow supercilium and yellow cheeks more strongly marked, and by being larger even than 

 Lombok examples of that species. In all other characters the two species are identical. An 

 example of a female has the under-plumage quite as deep yellow as the male ; it likewise 

 possesses a yellow supercilium. After comparing a considerable series of Cape-York examples 

 of iV^. australis, Gould, of both sexes, with authentic individuals oi N. frenata, Miiller, I have 

 come to the conclusion that they are not specifically separable. Mysol, Celebes, Aru, and Sula 

 examples appear to have the tips of the outer rectrices of a deeper yellow than in Cape- York 

 Ibis, 1870, individuals. A Sula specimen, in the British Museum, has the bill considerably longer than in 

 those from all other localities. Otherwise it does not differ. 



7. AR.\cnNFX'HTiiRA JUGULARis (L.), S. N. ed. xii. i. p. 185, no. 7, d adolesc, " Ilab. in 

 Philippinis" (1766), ex Briss. no. 6. 



Certhia j)hilippensis minor, Briss., Ornith. iii. p. G16, no. 6, t. 32. f. 5, <? adolesc, " Ins. 

 Philipp.," descr. orig. (17G0). 



Certhia philippensis olivacea, Briss., torn. cit. p. 623, no. 10, t. 34. f. 4, "Ins, Philipp.," 

 d adult., descr. orig. (1760). 



Grimpereau olive des Philippines, Buff., PI. Enl. t. 576. f. 4, 6 adult., ex Briss. no. 10 (X). 



Certhia tricolor, P. L. S. Miiller, Natursyst. Anhang, p. 99, no. 31, S adult., "Philippines" 

 (1776), ex Buff. t. 576. f. 4. 



Petit Grimpereau des Philippines, Buff., PI. Enl. t. 576. f. 3, 6 adolesc, ex Briss. no. 6 (?). 



Premier Grimpereau de VIsle de Lugon, Sonn., Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 63, t. 30. f. A, d adult., 

 descr. orig. (1776). 



Second Grimpereau de VIsle de Lupon, Sonn., /. c. f. B, $ vel cf juv., descr. orig. 



Certhia quadricolor. Scop., Faun, et Fl. Insub. ii. p. 91, no. 67 (1786), ex Sonn. t. 30. 

 f. A, B. 



Certhia jugularis, L., part., Gm. S. N. i. p. 474, no. 7 (1788), ex Linn. 



Certhia gularis, Sparrm., Mus. Carls, fasc. iv. t. 79, "Insula Martinique" (!), <S , descr. orig. 

 (1789). 



Coereha gularis (Sparrm.), G. R. Gray, Gen. i. p. 101, sp. 4 ; Bp., Consp. Av. i. p. 400, sp. 4, 

 "Amer. Merid." (!). 



