of the Indian and Australian Regions. 37 



One of the most interesting of Mr. Swinhoe^s recent dis- 

 coveries in the Island of Hainan. A representative of ^. satu- 

 rata, but perfectly distinct. 



26. tEthopyga ExiMiA, (Horsf.), Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 108, 6 

 adult./' Java'' (1820). 



Nedarinia kuhli, Temm. PI. Col. livr. 63, t. 376. f. 1, 2, S y2 , 

 "Java" (Nov. 12, 1825). 



Hab. Java (S. Muller). 



This lovely bird appears to be peculiar to Java. It is an 

 jEthopyga, but what I may term a transitional form. The pre- 

 vailing character of the plumage in the male is what is found 

 existing in the females only of the other species. The chin, 

 throat, and upper breast alone are red. The metallic violet 

 markings are confined to a throat-mark shaped like the letter V 

 reversed. It possesses the characteristic yellow lower-back of 

 the group, and the metallic occipital cap. The remainder of the 

 plumage, including the wing-coverts, is dark olive. S. Muller 

 gives an interesting account of this species, which lives at the 

 height of from 8000 to 9000 feet among the mountains and 

 in the extinct craters of Java. It breeds there during May and 

 June, and afterwards descends to the coffee-plantations, and is 

 then to be found in the enclosures of the inhabited districts. 



27. Nectarophila* zeylonica, (L.), S. N. ed. 12, i. p. 

 no. 23, S adult., "Zeylona" (1766), descr. orig. 



Certhia lepida, Sparrm., Mus. Carls, fasc. ii. t. 35, ^ adult., 

 patr. non indicata (1787), descr. orig. 



Le Sucrion, Le Vaill., Ois. d'Afr. vi. p. 172, t. 298. f. 1 

 (avis composita), " Africa"! 



Cinnyris pusilhis, Vieill., N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 513 

 (1819), ex Le Vaill. t. 298, f. 1. 



Certhia zeylonica, L., Lath., Ind. Orn. 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. 



* Reichenbacli (Nat. Syst. Siippl.) gave this generic title to the species 

 of this gToiip — Leptocoma, Cab. (1850-51) (Jide Reichenb.), having been 

 previously employed in botany. C. brasiliana, Gm., is the type. Links 

 are wanting between it and N. sperata, and between N. sperata and N. 

 zeylonica and iV. minima. 



