1870.] INDIAN AND AUSTEALIAN EEGIONS. 79 



A. zenobia the same relation that A. pectomlis (Horsf.) does to A. frcnata (S. Miiller). Can it 

 be the one mentioned by Mr. Eamsay as Nectarinia australis (Ibis, 1865, p. 85, no. 32)? 



9. Arachnechtiira hypogrammica (S. Miiller), Verb. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Overz. Land- en ibis, 1870 

 Volkenk. p. 173 note, "Sumatra, Borneo" [1843]; Id., op. cit. Zool. Aves, p. Go, t. 8. f. 3, d l'-'^^- 

 [184G]. 



Anthreptes macularia, Blyth, .J. A. S. B. xi. p. 107, ? , " Malacca " (1842). 

 Anthre])tes nuchalis, Blyth, op. cit. xii. p. 980, <s , " Singapore " (1843). 

 Ilypogramma nuchalis (Blyth), Reichenb. Handb. p. 314, no. 740. 



Hah. Sumatra, Borneo, in the plains as well as in the mountain forests (Miiller) ; Singapore 

 (Blyth); Pinang (Moore). 



The metallic plumage is restricted to the nape, lower back, and upper tail-coverts. The 

 Singapore, Pinang, and certainly Bornean habitat of this species require confirmation*. 



10. Arachi^echthka simples (S. Miiller), Verb. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Overz. Bez. Land- en 

 Volkenk. p. 173 note, <s ? , "Sumatra, Borneo" [1843], descr. orig. ; oj). cit. Zool. Aves, p. 62, 

 t. 8. f. 4, c? [1846]. 



Nectarinia frontalis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 558 6 , " Singapore " (1845), descr. orig. 

 Araclmomphis simplex (Miiller), Reichenb., Handb. no 730. 



Hah. Sumatra (Miiller) ; Singapore, Malayan Peninsula (Blyth, Cat. Mus. Calc. no. 1362). 



In the zoological part of the Dutch work cited, Miiller says that this Sun-bird is only found 

 in Sumatra, having previously stated that it also inhabited Borneo. For its Malaccan habitat 

 we have Mr. Blyth's authority. I have never met with a specimen from the Malay Peninsula. 

 It is possible that Mr. Blyth's Singapore type came from Sumatra. This species forms another 

 most interesting link in the chain of affinities which unite the members of the natural group 

 Arachnechtiira. In it the metallic plumage is confined to the frontal region, the rest of the 

 plumage being soberly coloured as in the female. 



11. fARACHNECHTHRA ] FLAVIGASTRA (Gould), P. Z. S. 1843, p. 109, " New Ireland ;" Id. Voy. 

 Sulphur, Zool. p. 43, t. 24. 



Arachnoraphis flaviventris, part., Reichenb., Handb. p. 313, no. 735. 



" A single specimen only was obtained ;" yet two figures are given in the plate cited ! The ibis, 1870 

 upper figure agrees with the diagnosis. The lower difiers by having the rump yellow. It is not ?• ^^• 

 stated whence the subject of the lower figure was procured. This species does not appear to 

 have been since obtained. The figure resembles a female of A. frenata (Miill.). Reichenbach 

 [I.e.) has mixed up Arachnothera flavicjastra (Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 105), from Malacca, with 

 the New-Ireland bird, and united them under the title cited ! 



12. Arachnechthra Solaris (Temm.), PI. Col. livr. 58, t. 347. f. 3," Amboyna," <s , May 21, 



* Since obtained by me from Borneo and Malacca. — Tweeddaie. 



t Conf. Less. & Gam. Voy. Coq. Zool. i. p. 344, note ', -where the male is described. — Tweeddale. 



