126 KEW BIEDS FROM CELEBES AND THE TOGIAN ISLANDS. [1872. 



possible to discover whether the scarlet of the upper plumage is continuous or whether it is 

 interrupted by brown on the nape. 



This bird very nearly resembles the figure given by Audebert and Vieillot (Ois. Dorcs, ii. 

 p. 113, pi. 54), and drawn by Edwards, of Latham's Scarlet Creeper (Synop. i. p. 7-4U), =Certhia 

 rubra, Gm., and described from an example in the Leverian Museum said to have come from the 

 South Seas. But Latham describes " the lower part of the belly and vent " as white, and the 

 wings as black. 



HtLOTEEPE SULFUEIVEIfTEK, n. sp. 



Chin, cheeks, and throat silky white, changing into pale brown on the upper part of the 

 breast; lower part of the breast pale sulphur-yellow; abdomen and under tail-coverts bright 

 sulphur-yellow, most intense on the under-coverts ; head dark olive-brown, back and wings a 

 lighter shade ; lu'opygium and upper tail-coverts with a ferruginous tinge ; rectrices and outer 

 webs of quills like the back ; inner edges of the quills albescent ; under carpal coverts yellowish 

 A. M. N. H. white ; axillaries white, with sulphiu'-coloured tips ; shoulder-edge sulphur-yellow ; 1st primary 

 *^ p 400 ^^^^ *^^ length of the 2nd, which is much shorter than the 3rd ; the 3rd somewhat shorter than 

 4th, and shorter than the 6th ; the ith and 5th equal and longest. 



Two examples of this species have been obtained in North Celebes by Dr. Meyer. 



Ckinigee aureus, n. sp. 



Under surface bright golden yellow ; upper dark golden olive, darkest on the head, ear- 

 coverts, and cheek ; uropygium lighter in shade than the back, upper tail-coverts still more 

 golden ; upper surface of wings like the back ; quills on their inner webs brown, outer webs 

 edged with golden olive ; under shoulder-coverts bright golden ; inner webs of primaries, 

 commencing with the second and increasing in extent on each succeeding quill, bordered with 

 bright yellow ; upper surface of rectrices dull golden rufous, each feather terminated by a pure 

 golden narrow band ; inner edges of all the rectrices, except the middle pair, pale yellow as seen 

 from above, bright yellow below ; the darker cheeks contrast strongly with the golden yellow of 

 the chin and throat ; lores yellow ; bill and legs black. 



Longitudo 

 Host, a nar. Ala>. Cauda:. Tarsi. 



0-63 4-88 4-63 075 



Described from a male obtained by Dr. Meyer in the Togian Islands. 



This species is nearly allied to C. lunfjirostris, Wallace, but differs by being somewhat 

 smaller, by having a much shorter bill, and by the bright golden colouring of its plumage. 



