SYNOPSIS. 267 



N. JUGULARIS, Linnaeus, 1766. 



Certkia jugularis, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. ] 85. Certhia PJittip- 

 pensis minor, Briss. Ornithol. 4to. iii. p. 617, pi. xxxii. 

 fig. 5. ; 8vo. ii. p. 5 ? Souimanya a gorge blue, Vieill. 

 Ois. Dor. p. 51, pi. xxix. 



<J Above, yellowish hair-brown, greenish predominating on 

 the lower part of the back ; w. umber-brown ; t. black, feathers 

 (except the centre pair) tipped with white, that on the outside 

 for half its length. Below, chin, throat, and up. breast, deep 

 steel-blue, intensely dark in the centre, at the sides a few dark 

 brown feathers indicating a brown terminal band : belly, vent, 

 ^and und. t.-covers dull king's yellow, paler towards the vent ; 

 axillary tufts ample, deep king's-yellow ; bill, tarsi, and feet, 

 black. Length, Sin. 9-10ths; of bill to forehead, 7-10ths ; of 

 w. to long, quill, 2 in. to 2 in. 2-10ths. 



Hob, Philippine Islands, Linn., Briss. Gumming (sp. in 

 Zool. Soc.). Note. The figure of Brisson is represented with 

 the throat only dark. 



N. GOALPARIENSIS, Royle, 18 . 



Certhia Goalpariensis, Royle, Illust. Introd. p. Ixxviii. tab. 

 vii. fig. 1, 18 . GoulparaJi Creeper, Lath. GeiL Hist, 

 iv. p. 221, pi. Ixxiv. Cinnyris Vigor sii, Sykes, Pro- 

 ceed. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 99. 



(J Above, crown golden green with purple reflections ; nape, 

 back, and scapulars, deep brownish carmine-red, rump banded 

 with pale king's yellow, which can be concealed by lateral 

 lengthened feathers of oil-green; w. umber-brown, feathers 

 edged with oil-green ; up. t.-covers and two centre t.-feathera 

 deep green, remaining t. brownish black. Below, chin, throat, 

 neck, and breast, dazzling scarlet-red, on the maxilla a streak 

 of violet-purple ; belly, vent, and und. t.-covers, pale clove- 

 brown ; bill, tarsi, and feet, wood-brown, very pale on the man- 

 dible. Length, 5 in. 4-10ths ; of bill to forehead, 7-10ths ; of 

 w. to long, quill, 2 in. 2-10ths; long, feathers exceed the t. 

 by 8-10ths. 



