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Genus — SITTELLA. — Bill slightly curved upwards; nostrils with a 

 cutaneous valve. 



286. S. Chrysoptera* Lath., Orange winged Tree-runner. 



Middle third of quills forming large rustyred patch ; breast and 

 abdomen streaked with brown ; crown of head dark brown. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4. 



287. S. leUCOCephala. Gld.. White-headed Tree-runner. 



Middle third of quills forming rusty-red patcli ; breast and 

 abdomen streaked with brown ; head and neck all round white. 

 Hab. : 3, 7. 



288. S. albata, Ramsay, Pied Tree-runnar. 



Middle third of quills pure white ; head white all round. 

 Hab. : 2. 



289. S, pileata, Gld.. Black-capped Tree-runner. 



Middle third of quills forming large rusty-red patch ; breast and 

 abdomen white, without any streaks ; crown of head black. 



[All upper part of head in female is black. Male has simply a 

 black cap with white at base of bill and over eyes. — A. J. North.] 

 Hab. : 4, 6, 7, 9. 



290. S. teiluiroStriSt Gld. (sub-sp. of S. pileata), Slender-billed Tree- 



runner. 



Middle third of quills forming rusty-red patch ; breast and 

 abdomen white, without any streaks; crown of head blackish-brown; 

 middle third of quills half white and half rusty. 

 Hab. : 4, 7. 



291. S. leilCOptera, Gld., White-winged Tree runner. 



Middle third of quills pure white ; head above black ; breast and 

 abdomen white, without streaks. 

 Hab. : 1, 8. 



292. S. striata, Gld., Striated Tree-runner. 



Middle third of quills pure white ; head above black ; breast and 

 abdomen much streaked. 

 Hab. : I, 2, 3. 



Group — Cinnyrimorphas. 



Angle of the chin reaching as far as the line of the anterior margin of the 

 nasal suture, but not beyond it ; tongue extensile. 



FAMILY— N ECTARINIID^. 



Bill pointed, elongated, and curved ; nostrils rounded, protected by a 

 coriaceous membrane not hidden by bristles or feathers. 



Genus — CINN YRIS. — Tail square ; male with metallic colours. 



293. C. freiiata, S. Milll. isub-sp. of C. jugularis, Linn.), Sun-bird. 



Male has crown of head and upper surface olive-green ; over and 

 under eye two inconspicuous marks of j'elJow ; throat and chest 

 steel-blue ; remainder ot under surface tine yellow ; irides chestnut ; 

 bill and feet black. 



Total length, 475 in. ; bill, 09 in. ; wing, 2*1 in. ; tail, To in. 

 Female has whole of under surface yellow, without a trace of 

 isteel-blue gorget so conspicuous in male. 

 Hab. : 2. 



