CINNYRIS chalybeia, 

 Lesser collared Creeper. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum elongatitm, graciUimum, arcuatum, apice acufis.smo, integer- 

 rimo, ad basin depressiim, lateribus co7npressis, marginihtis iriflcxis, 

 subtUissime dentatis ; muiuUbuld inferiore convexd. Lingua jacii- 

 latoria, tubularis, f areata ? Nares basales, breves, nuda:, ovata;, 

 mcnihrand Jissd, juxta rostri niavginem et basin apeiicnte, teeter. 

 Remiginn penna prima brevissima, secunda pennis 4 pruximis pari- 

 bus breviur. 



Ob. — Alaris cauda pennis elongatis 2 ornata, hypochondriorumque penncc 

 lofigiores. 

 Typ. Gen. Upupa Promerops Lin. — Certhia fainosa Lin. 



Bill lengthened, very slender, arched, the base depressed, the sides 

 compressed, the tip very sharp and entire, the margins bent 

 inwards and minutely dentated ; under mandible beneath 

 convex. Tongue retractile, tubular, forked ? Nostrils basal, 

 short, and broad, covered by a naked oval membrane which 

 opens by a slit near the margin of the bill. First quill feather 

 very short ; the second shorter than the four next, which are 

 of equal length. 



Ob. — Male generally with long feathers in the tail, and the side 

 feathers under the wungs rather lengthened. 

 Generic Types. Cape Fromcrops, and Shining Creeper. Lath. 



Specific Character. 

 C. aureo-viridis, alis cauduque fuscis ; fasciis pectoratibus 1 connexis, 



anticd chalybeid, posticd angustd rubra ; caudiC tegminibus supc- 



rioribus c/iali/beis. 

 Golden green, with brown wings and tail, and narrow pectoral baud, 



bordered above by another of steel blue ; upper tail covers blue. 

 Certhia chalybeia. lAn. Chnelin. 475. Ind. Orn. 1. 284. Brisson. 



3 tab. 32. /. 1.? 

 Le Soui-manga a collier. Vieill. Grimp. p. 40. pi. 13. 14. 

 Collared Creeper. Latham, Sj/n. 2. 709. Gent. Zool. 8. 196. 



1 HIS splendid family may be considered as the Humming- 

 birds of the old world, inhabiting (I think exclusively) the 

 tropical regions of Africa and Asia. To the personal ob- 

 servations of M. Vaillant we owe the first, and. indeed the 



PI. 9.1. 



