of the Indian and Australian Regions. 41 



tail-coverts of a lighter shade of red-violet. It appears likewise 

 not to have metallic shoulder-coverts. 



If we may rely vxpon the authorities^ the female retains a 

 considerable resemblance to the male. According to Colonel 

 Sykes, the female is uniform brown^ with a patch of brick-red on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts, and the yellow below fainter 

 than in the male. Sir William Jardine describes and figures 

 the female above without a coronal patch; head, neck, and 

 mantle yellowish oil-green; the lesser coverts, lower-back, and 

 upper tail -coverts of the same colour as the male, but with a 

 slight tinge of varying bluish purple; wings and tail umber- 

 brown ; lower parts entirely dark primrose-yellow. Dr. Jerdon 

 says, " the female is olive-brown above, with a red rump, and 

 pale yellow beneath. ^^ Nothing analogous is to be met with in 

 any other of the Eastern Sun-birds; and considering how 

 seldom this species has been observed, may we not conjecture 

 that young males have been mistaken for females ? 



29. Nectarophila brasiliana, (Gm.), S. N. i. p. 474, 

 no. 41, ''Brasilia''! c? adult. (1788), ex Briss. no. 30. 



Le Grimjjereau violet du Bresil, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 661, no. 30, 

 " Brasilia,'' 6 adult., descr. orig. 



Nectarinia hasseltii, Temm., PI. Col. livr. 63, t. 376. f. 3, S 

 adult., "Java" (Nov. 12, 1825), descr. orig.; S. Miiller & Schl, 

 Verb. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Overz. Bez. Zool. Aves, p. 59, 1. 10. f. 5, 

 2 ; Jard., Nat. Lib. xxxvi. pp. 218, 262, t. 12, cJ adult., " East- 

 India Islands." 



Certhia sperata, L., Baffles, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 298, " Su- 

 matra." 



Cinnyris ruber, Less., Tr. d'Orn. p. 296, no. 23, S adult., "patr. 

 incert." (1831), descr. orig. {fide Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 

 1853, p. 487). 



Nectarinia phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 1008, $ adult., 

 "Arracan" (1843), descr. orig. 



Senegal Creeper, var. A, Lath., Gen. Hist. iv. p. 237. no. 25, 

 " Malacca." 



Hub. Java, Sumatra, Borneo (S. Miiller) ; Pinang, Malacca, 

 Arracan (Moore); Moulmein (Beavan); Banjermassing (Sclater). 



