84 ON THE SUK-BIEDS OF THE [1870. 



Le Sucrioii, Le Vaill., Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 172, t. 298. f. 1. (avis composita), "Africa"! 



Cinmjris pusiUus, Vieill., N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 51o (ISrj), ex. Le Vaill. t. 298. f. 1. 



Certhia zeylonica, L., Lath., Ind. Om. i. p. 285, no. 13. 



? Ceylonese Creeper, var. A, Lath., Gen. Synop. i. 2. p. 713, patr. non indie, " Mus. Brit.," 

 d juv. ■?, descr. orig. 

 Ibis, 1870, Certhia zeylonica, L., var. /3, Gm., S. X. i. p. 482, no. 29, ex Lath. 



P- ^^- Certhia duhin, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 1. p. 204 (1811), ex Lath. 



Le Soiii-maiKja brun et blatic, Audeb. & Vieill., Ois. Uor. ii. p. 118, t. 81, "Mus. Brit.," ex 

 Lath. 



Cinnyris nigroalhus. Less., Diet. Sc. Nat. vol. 1. p. (1827), ex Audeb. & Vieill. t. 81. 



Le Soui-mamja it ceinture marron, Audeb. & Vieill., Ois. Dor. ii. p. 37, t. IG, patr. non 

 indie., 6 adult., descr. orig. 



Cinnyris sola, Vieill., N. Diet, d'llist. Nat. xxxi. p. 512, " Pondiclicrry," d adult. (1819), 

 desc. orig. {cf. Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 483). 



Cinnyris Solaris, Less., Tr. p. 297, no. 28, d , $ , " Pondicherry, Bengal" (1831), descr. orig. 

 (nee C. Solaris, Temm.) ; Less. loc. cit. no. 25 {cf. Puch. torn. cit. p. 488). 



Cinnyris lejjida (Sparrm.), Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 98, no. 132, "Dukhun." 



Kectarinia zeylonica (L.), Jard., Nat. Lib. xxxvi. pp. 213, 2G1, t. 20, 6 adult., " India." 



% Certhia ciirrucaria, L., S. N. ed. 12, i. p. 185, no. G (sjti. excl.), 6, "Zeylona" (17GG), 

 descr. orig. 



Certhia flaviventris, Ilerm., Obs. Zool. p. 13G, d adult., " Tranquebaria " (1804), descr. 



orig. 



% Certhia citrinella, Herm., op. cit. p. 137, "Tranquebaria," av. juv. (1804), descr. orig. 



1 Anthreptes sperata (L.), Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 5G, " Bengalen." 



Hab. India from the extreme south to Bengal, not reaching the Himalayas. Rare in 

 Central India. Not found in North-western Provinces. Extends through Dacca into Assam 

 (Jerdon) ; Southern Ceylon (Layard) ; Bombay (Swinhoe). 



Le Sucrion, Le VaUl., seems to have been composed of an example of iV. zeylonica and the 

 breast of Arachnechthra Solaris (Temm.). We have no means whereby we can positively identify 

 Latham's Ceylonese Creeper, var. A. Audebert's plate 81 was apparently drawn from Latham's 

 tvpe. C. flaviventris, Herm., is too shortly described to enable us to say, with our imperfect 

 Ibis, 1870, knowledge of the constant characters which distinguish the females and young males of the two 

 ^' ^^' species, whether it belongs to K zeylonica or A. asiatica. And the same observation will 

 apply to C. currucaria, L. Old males from Bengal and Maunbhoon are larger than those from 

 Malabar. These again are larger than those from Ceylon. In the northern race the metallic 

 hood seems to descend lower down the nape. In the colouring of the plumage I can discover 

 no difference. A specimen in the British Museum, i)resentcd by Mr. Swinhoe, but from an 

 unknown locality, is not only a larger bird, but differs from the examples already mentioned by 

 having the crown of the head and shoulder-coverts coppery green, instead of emerald-green, the 

 uropygium and upper tail-coverts brilliant blue-violet and not bright red-violet. Chin and 

 throat-patch dark blue-violet, and not bright ruby-violet. Ihese colours were contrasted during 

 bright sunlight. 



