of the Indian and Australian Regions. 49 



Antkreptes phcenicotis, Blyth, op. cit. xii. p, 979, "Tenasserim " 

 (1843), descr. orig. 

 • Chalcopana cingalensis, (Gm.), Cab., Mus. Hein. i. p. 103, uote. 



Hab. Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Miiller) ; Labuan (Motley and 

 Dillvvyn); Banjermassing (Sclater)j Moulmein (Walden); Tippera, 

 Arracan (Blyth) ; Malacca (Moore). 



Mr. Wallace informs me that this species has the tongue short, 

 triangular, horny at the tip, and entire. 



The following species, recorded as inhabiting the East, I am 

 unable to identify : — 



Certhia j)usilla, L., S. N. ed. 12, i. p. 185, no. 3, ex Edwards, 

 Nat. Hist. i. p. 26, t. 2G. The type was brought from Holland 

 preserved in spirits, and was said to have been sent from the East 

 Indies. Seemingly a female or young male of an Arachnechthra. 



The next three titles were given by Gmelin to species described 

 by Brisson from the plates of Seba. Like most of Seba's figures 

 they defy even approximate identification. 



Certhia macassariensis, Gm., S. N. p. 480, no 48; Pulytmus 

 indicus, Briss., Orn. iii. p. 675, no. 6, ex Seba, Thes. i. p. 100, 

 t. 63, f. 3, " Bali et Macassar,^' descr. orig. Perhaps founded 

 on a species of Chahostetha. 



Cer^thia indica, Gm., /. c. no. 49; Polytmus caruleus indicus, 

 Briss., torn. cit. p. 682, no. 10, ex Seba, Thes. ii. p. 20, 1. 19, f. 2, 

 "Avis colubris orientalist' descr. orig. Deep blue, throat white, 

 bill yellow, tongue bifid. 



Certhia amboinensis, Gm., /. c. no. 50; Polytmus amboinensis, 

 Briss., torn. cit. p. 685, no. 12, ex Seba, Thes. ii. p. 62, t. 62, f. 2, 

 Dark green; bill and under wing- coverts yellow; throat and 

 breast red. Seemingly taken from Valentyn"^, whose works I 

 have not been able to consult. 



Cinnyris /eMco^«5/er,Vieill.,Nouv.Dlct.d'Hist.Nat.xxxi.p.515, 

 " Timor ^' (1819), described from a specimen said to have been 

 brought by Mauge from Timor. Dr. Pucheran (Rev. et Mag. de 

 Zool. 1853, pp. 484-487) identified the type, then existing in the 

 Paris Museum, with Cinnyris thoracicus, Less. (Tr. d'Orn. p. 297, 

 1831), the same individual having been described by both 

 * OudenmeuwOost-Indien,etc. (Dordrecht and Amsterdam: 1724-26), 

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