86 ox THE SUX-BIEDS OF THE [1870. 



in the British, and one in the East-India Museum. It is well marked, and, though closely allied 



to K zeijlonicn, differs by being smaller than even Ceylon examples of that species (bill -43, wing 



1-81, tail 1-25), by the upper and non-metallic plumage of the breast being deep red, and by 



Ibis, 1870, having the metallic feathers of the lower-back and of the upper tail-coverts of a lighter shade of 



^' ^^' red-violet. It appears likewise not to have metallic shoulder-coverts. 



If we mav rely upon the authorities, the female retains a considerable resemblance to the 

 male. According to Colonel Sykcs, the female is uniform brown, with a patch of brick-red on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts, and the yellow below fainter than in the male. Sir William 

 Jardine describes and figures the female above without a coronal patch ; head, neck, and mantle 

 yellowish oil-green ; the lesser coverts, lower-back, and upper tail-coverts of the same colour as 

 the male, but with a slight tinge of varying bluish purple ; wings and tail umbor-brown ; lower 

 parts entirely dark primrose-yellow. Dr. Jcrdon says, "the female is olive-brown above, with a 

 red rump, and pale yellow beneath." Nothing analogous is to be met with in any other of the 

 Eastern Sun-birds; and considering how seldom this species has been observed, may Ave not 

 conjecture that young males have been mistaken for females'? 



29. Nectarophila brasiliaita (Gm.), S. N. i. p. 474, no. 41. "Brasilia"! d adult. (1788), 

 ex Briss. no. 30. 



Le Grimpereau violet du JSn'sil, Briss. Orn. iii. p. GCl, no. 30, "Brasilia," j adult., descr. 

 orig. 



Nectarima hasseWi, Temm., PI. Col. livr. 63, t. 376. f. 3, s adult., "Java" (Nov. 12, 1825), 

 descr. orig. ; S. Mixller & Schl., Verb. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Overz. Bez. Zool. Aves, p. 59, t. 10. f. 5, 

 5 ; Jard., Nat. Lib. xxxvi. pp. 218, 262, t. 12, s adult., "East-India Islands." 



Certhia sperata, L., Raffles, Tr. T.inn. Soc. xiii. p. 298, " Sumatra." 



Cinnyris ruler. Less., Tr. d'Orn. p. 296, no. 23, 6 adult., "patr. inccrt." (1831), descr. orig. 

 (fide Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 487). 



Xectarinia phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 1008, ? adult., "Arracan" (1843), descr. orig. 



Senegal Creeper, var. A, Lath., Gen. Hist. iv. p. 237. no. 25, "Malacca." 



Ilah. Java, Sumatra, Borneo (S. Miiller) ; Pinang, Malacca, Arracan (Moore) ; Moulmein 

 (Beavan) ; Banjermassing (Sclatcr). 

 Ibis, 1870, ^jj._ Moore has a remark on Miiller's figure of the female of this species (Cat. Mus. E. I. C. 



ii. p. 740). Lesson's type specimen existed in 1853 in the Paris Museum, and {fde Pucheran, 

 /. c.) was brought from Sumatra by Duvaucel in September 1821. Thus the Sumatran, Javan, 

 and Arracanese race have cacli had a separate title conferred on them. They do not differ 

 specifically. 



30. NECTAROPniLA GR.\Ti (Wallace), P. Z. S. 1865, p. 479, " Menado." (Plate I. fig. 2, in orig.) 



A representative form of N. hrasiliann, apparently restricted to Celebes. Of the five 



species of iVf'c^«rm/« recorded as inhabiting that interesting island, three belong to Indo-Malayan 



genera, one to the widely-spread genus Araclmechlhra, and one to the Austro-Malayan group 



Chalcostctha. Three species are peculiar to Celebes, two of which, ^. favostriata qmClN. grayi. 



p. 42. 



