232 NECTARINIID/E. 



others the whole surface is finely and closely speckled so as to entirely conceal 

 the ground colour, 



738. Cinnyris haSSeltii (Temm.\ Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 31; 

 Shelley, Monogr. Ned. p. 127, pi. 42 ; Sharpe, P. 2. S. 1879, p- 342; Oates, 

 B. Br. Burm. i. p. 318. Nectarinia hasseltii, Temm. PI. Col. 376, fig 3; 

 yard., Monog. Sun-birds, pp. 218, 262, pi. 22; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 

 p. 226, No. 1370; Sclaler, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 220. Cinnyris ruber, Less., 

 Traite fOrn. p. 296. Nectarinia Phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 1008. 

 Leptocoma hasseltii, Cab. Mus, Hein. i. p. 104 ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 462 ; 

 Hume, Str.F. 1874, p. 473. Nectarophila hasseltii, Reich., Hdbk. Scansoricc, 

 p, 280, No. 650 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 106. Certhia brasiliana, Gm. S. 

 N. i. p 474. Nectarophilia brasiliana, Walden, Jot's, 1870, p. 41 ; Stol. J. A. 

 S. B. xxxix. p. 300. Cynniris brasiliana, Hume, Sir. F. v. p. 27. Leptocoma 

 brasiliana, Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 184. VAN HASSELT'S HONEY- 

 SUCKER. 



Forehead, crown and nape shining metallic golden green ; sides of the head 

 and neck and the upper half of the back and scapulars black ; lesser wing 

 coverts, scapulars, lower back, and upper tail coverts brilliant steel blue with 

 green and violet reflections ; remainder of the wings black ; tail blue black, 

 the feathers edged with steel blue ; chin and throat rich metallic lilac, 

 or amethystine purple ; breast and upper abdomen rich red ; lower abdo- 

 men, sides of the body, vent, under tail coverts, also the under surface of the 

 wings, black. Bill and legs black ; irides dark brown or hazel ; eyelids 

 -plumbeous. 



Length. 4 inches; wing 1-9; tail I'2; tarsus 0*5 ; culmen 0'$. 



The female has the forehead and crown grey, the feathers dark centred and 

 edged with green ; rest of the upper plumage with the lesser wing coverts and 

 scapulars pale greenish yellow ; the feathers of the rump, upper tail coverts, 

 lesser wing coverts and scapulars darker centred ; greater coverts dark brown, 

 edged with greenish ; quills dark brown, edged exteriorly with cinnamon ; 

 throat yellowish white ; feathers round the eye, the lores, ear coverts, sides 

 of the neck and upper breast dull greenish yellow ; lower breast, abdo- 

 men, vent and sides of the body pure yellow ; under wing coverts yellowish 

 white; under tail coverts paler; tail black, edged near the base with cinnamon 

 and tipped with white, the outermost pair entirely whitish. Bill and legs 

 black ; irides brown. 



Length. 3*5 inches; wing 1*75 ; tail ri ; tarsus 0*5 ; culmen 0*5. 



Hab. Hill Tipperah and Chittagong, Arracan, Southern Burmah, Tenas- 

 serim, the entire Malay Peninsula, and the Islands of Sumatra, Java and 

 Borneo. It is sparingly distributed over most parts of British Burmah. Blyth 

 received it from Arracan, and it has been frequently met with by Gates in Pegu 

 in the neighbourhood of that town, and also at Kyeikpadien. Davison got it in 

 Tenasserim, from Moulmein down to Malewoon. Gates says it is found 



