OR FAMILY OF SUN-BIRDS. ' 401 



— Cinnyris reichenbachii. — Tbe true female plumage is here, 



according to Captain Shelley, described for the first time ; 

 for he considers that Mr. Cassin's description of the female 

 should be referred to the young male, or male in moult. 



— JEfhopyga gouldice. — Here fully described, and its distribu- 



tion correctly stated. 



— u^tliopyga fiavostriata. — y^. beccaril is considered to be the 



young male of tliis species. 



— Eudrepdnis duyvenhodei. — The Sanghir Yellow-backed Sun- 



bird described. 



pi. 8. Chalcostetha insignis. — The genus Chalcosteilia is here 

 restricted to this single species. The locality Celebes for 

 this species rests upon Dr. Briiggeman's authority. 



pi. 9. Cinnyris asiaticus. — Captain Shelley entirely rejects 

 the generic title JracJmechthra, and places our common 

 Indian species at the head of what he terms the '^ dark 

 metallic group^' of Cinnyris, which includes the type of 

 the genus C. splendidus. My intermedms, and Blanford's 

 hrevirostris, are, in accordance with the views I have often 

 expressed, looked upon as mere varieties. Captain Shelley 

 thinks that the Certhia cirrhata, Lath., should most proba- 

 bly be referred to zenobia. 



— Cinnyris grayi. — The author refers this species to his "black'* 



group, which is equivalent to Hermotimia, Reich., and 

 follows Count Salvadori in dividing that group into two 

 divisions : — 

 \st. — Species with the metallic portions of the wings and 



lower back steel blue. 

 2nd. — Those species with the above named parts of the 

 plumage metallic green (often more or less shaded with 

 blue). 

 pZ. 10. Cinnyris porphyrolamus \T!he illustration represents 



— Cinnyris sangirensis, J the adult males of these 



two species, the former being here figured for the first 

 time. 



Part Y. appeared 22nd September 1877. 



pi. 1. Eudrepanis duyvenhodei. — Both sexes are here figured 

 for the first time. They were described in Part IV. 



pi, 2. Cinnyris reichenbachii. — The male, female and young 

 male are here figured for the first time. They were des- 

 cribed in Part IV. 



pi. 3. Cinnyris sangirensis. — In this plate are represented, for 

 the first time, the adult female, and what the author terms 

 " male in moult" aud " voung male ;" the latter is charac- 



