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Certhia zeijlonica, L., var. /S, Gm., S. N. i. p. 482, no. 29, ex 

 Lath. 



Certhia dubia, Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 1. p. 204 (1811), ex Lath. 



Le Soui-manga brun et blanc, Audeb. & Vieill., Ois. Dor. ii. 

 p. 118, t. 81, "Mus. Brit.,'' ex Lath. 



Cinnyris nigroalbus, Less., Diet. So. Nat. vol. 1. p. 6 (1827), 

 ex Audeb. & Vieill. t. 81. 



Le Soui-manga a ceinture marron, Audeb. & Vieill., Ois. Dor. 

 ii. p. 37, t. 16, patr. non indie, S adult., descr. orig. 



Cmnyris sola, Vieill., N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi. p. 512, 

 " Pondicherry," J adult. (1819), descr. orig. (c/. Pucheran, Rev. 

 et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 483). 



Cinnyris Solaris, Less., Tr. p. 297, no. 28, c? 5) "Pondi- 

 cherry, Bengal" (1831), descr. orig. (nee C. Solaris, Temm.) ; 

 Less. loc. cit. no. 25 {cf. Puch. torn. cit. p. 488). 



Cinnyris lepida, (Sparrm.), Sykes, P.Z.S. 1832, p. 98, no. 132, 

 "Dukhun." 



Nectarinia zeylonica, (L.), Jard.,Nat. Lib. xxxvi. pp. 213, 261, 

 t. 20, 6 adult., " India." 



tCerthia currucaria, L., S. N. ed. 12, i. p. 185, no. 6 (syu. 

 excl.), (3" , " Zeylona " (1766), descr. orig. 



Certhia fiaviventris, Herra., Obs. Zool. p. 136, c? adult,, 

 " Tranquebaria " (1804), descr. orig. 



? Certhia citrinella, Herni., op. cit. p. 137, " Tranquebaria," 

 av. juv. (] 804), descr. orig. 



?Anthreptes sperata (L.), Licht. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. 

 p. 56, " Bengalen." 



Hab. India from the extreme south to Bengal, not reaching 

 the Himalayas. Hare in Central India. Not found in North- 

 western Provinces. Extends through Dacca into Assam (Jer- 

 don) ; Southern Ceylon (Layard) ; Bombay (Swinhoe). 



Le Sucrion, Le Vaill., seems to have been composed of an 

 example of N. zeylonica and the breast of Arachnechthra Solaris 

 (Temm.). We have no means whereby we can positively identify 

 Latham's Ceylonese Creeper, var. A. Audebert's plate 81 was ap- 

 parently drawn from Latham's type. C. fiaviventris, Herm., is too 

 shortly described to enable us to say, with our imperfect know- 

 ledge of the constant characters which distinguish the females and 



