p. 4y. 



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The bird figured by Temminck as the female I believe to have been a young male. The female 

 seems to have the entire under surface of a uniform tint of yellow ; Avhereas in the young male, 

 whether with or without indications of the metallic plumage, the chin, throat, and upper 

 breast are dirty white, contrasting with the clean greenish-yellow of the remainder of the lower 

 plumage. These phases of plumage are analogous to what are found in N. zeylonica. 



39. Chalcopaeia singalensis (Gm.), S. N. i. p. 964, no. SG, 1788, ex Brown ; Walden, 

 P.Z.S. 1866, p. 543. 



Green Warbler, Brown, Zool. 111. p. 82, t. 32. f. 2, descr. orig. 



Certhia Icpida, Sparrm., var. |3, Lath. lud. Orn. i. p. 298, no. 60, ex Syn. Supp. i. p. 131, 

 sect. 2, " Malacca," descr. orig. 



Nectarinia phcemcoUs, Temm., PL Col. livr. xviii. t. 108. f 1, c?,"Java, Sumatra" (May 

 22, 1824); op. cif. livr. Ixv. t. 388. f. 2, ? (?) ; S. Miiller & Schl, Verb. Nat. Gesch. Ned. 

 Overz. Bez. Zool. Aves, p. 63. 



A^ithreptes rectirostris (Shaw), Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. x. p. 925, " Moulmein." 



Anthreptes plicenicotis, Blyth, op. cit. xii. p. 979, " Tenasserim " (1843), descr. orig. Il)is, 1870, 



Chalcoparia cingalensis (Gm.), Cab., Mus. Hein. i. p. 103, note. 



Hab. Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Miiller); Labuan (Motley & Dillwyn) ; Banjermassing (Sclater) ; 

 Moulmein (Walden) ; Tippera, Arracan (Blyth) ; Malacca (Moore). 



Mr. Wallace informs me that this species has the tongue short, triangular, horny at the 

 tip, and entire. 



The following species, recorded as inhabiting the East, I am unable to identify : — 



CertMa pusilla, L., S. N. ed. 12, i. p. 185, no. 3, ex Edwards, Nat. Hist. i. p. 26, t. 26. 

 The type was brought from Holland preserved in spirits, and was said to have been sent from 

 the East Indies. Seemingly a female or young male of an Arachnecthra. 



The next three titles were given by Gmelin to species described by Brisson from the plates 

 of Seba. Like most of Seba's figures they defy even approximate identification. 



Certhia macassariensis, Gm., S. N. p. 480, no. 48; Polytmus indicus, Briss., Orn. iii. 

 p. 675, no. 6, ex Seba, Thes. i. p. 100, t. 63. f. 3, "Bali et Macassar," descr. orig. Perhaps 

 founded on a species of Chalcostetha. 



Certhia indica, Gm., /. c. no. 49 ; Pohjtmus ccerulens indicus, Briss., torn. cit. p. 682, no. 10, 

 ex Seba, Thes. ii. p. 20, t. 19. f. 2, ^"^ Avis colubris 0)"ie7italis," descr. orig. Deep blue, throat 

 white, bill yellow, tongue bifid. 



Certhia amboinensis, Gm., /. c. no. 50 ; Polytmus amboineusis, Briss., torn. cit. p. 085, 

 no. 12, ex Seba, Thes. ii. p. 62, t. 62. f. 2. Dark green; bill and under wing-coverts yeUow; 

 throat and breast red. Seemingly taken from Valentyn*, whose works I have not been able 

 to consult. 



Cimiijris leiicoc/aster, Vieill., Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 515, "Timor" (1819), 

 described from a specimen said to have been brought by Mauge from Timor. Dr. Pucheran 



* Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien, etc. (Dordrecht and Amsterdam : 1724-26). 



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