1866.] VISCOUNT WALDEN ON BIRDS FROM TENASSERIM. 543 



11. Leptocoma braziliana, (Gm.). 



Certhia braziliana, Gm. S. N. ed. 13, 1788. 



Certhia brasiliensis violacea, Briss. Orn. iii. 662. n. 30, pi. 32. f. 4. 



Nectarinia hasseltii, Temm. PI. Col. 376. f. 3, <3 . 



Nectarinia phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1843, p. 1008. 



No. 65, <S . 



" Moulmein. Irides dark brown ; bill and legs black. Shot 

 feeding on low flowering shrubs. Note, a low piping call." The 

 single specimen sent has some of the chin- and throat-feathers white, 

 the rest being of the brilliant amethystine purple of the species. 

 The metallic occipital feathers consist chiefly of blue-green plumes, 

 the outer only being yellow green. When compared with Sumatran 

 specimens its plumage does not appear quite so brilliant ; and the 

 shades of the metallic portions somewhat differ in colour. It closely 

 resembles a Malaccan skin in my collection, and which is in perfect 

 plumage. In this also the occipital feathers are bluer green than 

 yellow green ; and the throat-feathers appear to differ in their me- 

 tallic glance from those of the Sumatran race. The bill likewise is 

 slenderer, and all the dimensions are somewhat less. 



Brisson described this bird in the clearest language from a skin in 

 Reaumur's collection, to whom it was presented by M. de Vergene, 

 who, according to Brisson, received it from the Brazils. Upon Bris- 

 son's authority Gmelin founded its title braziliana, and, although 

 geographically inappropriate, I prefer adhering to the law of priority. 

 At some future time some authoritative body of naturalists will have 

 to agree upon those titles, of the older authors, which ought to be ex- 

 punged. Temminck's type was from Java. Mr. Blyth's N.phayrei 

 was described from an Arakan specimen. 



I concur with Dr. Cabanis in placing this species in his genus 

 Leptocoma. The female and young plumage is unrecorded. It has 

 not hitherto been found further north than Arakan, and is unknown 

 to the west in India proper. 



12. Anthreptes singalensis, (Gm.). 



The Green Warbler, Brown, Zool. 111. p. 82, pi. 32. f. 2. 



Motacilla singalensis, Gm. S. N. ed. 13. p. 964. n. 86. 



Sylvia cingalensis, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 533. n. 92. 



Nectarinia phcenicotis, Temm. PI. Col. 108. f. 1, 6 ; 388. f. 2, $ . 



Anthreptes phcenicotis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1843, p. 279. 



Nos. 41, 42, 64, 6 . Moulmein ; Salween Valley. 



" Frequents the tops of flowering trees, and has much the habits 

 of a Bicceum. Female a little duller-coloured than male ; generally 

 seen in pairs. Irides dark red ; bill brown ; legs and claws dirty 

 greenish yellow." The slightness of the distinction described by 

 Captain Beavan between the sexes is interesting ; but the three spe- 

 cimens sent are those of males. When compared with a Sumatran 

 skin they appear less brightly and richly coloured. In the latter 

 bird the rufous of the breast and throat is deeper in tone and descends 

 lower down ; it is separated from the yellow of the abdominal region 



