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pi. 9. Cinnyris therests. — The adult male, and male in moult, 

 are here figured and described. The female is still un- 

 known. 



pi. 10. Cinnyris lotensis — Is here fairly well figured and 

 fully dealt with. I quite agree with Captain Shelley that 

 it is not desirable to make separate species of the Ceylon 

 and Southern Indian races. 



<— Cinnyris fiagrans. — Here described. 



Part VI. only appeared 15th February 1878. The publica- 

 tion of this part was delayed, Captain Shelley says, for the 

 illustration of Urodrepanis christince^ which was finally replaced 

 by 



pZ. 1. Cinnyris osiris and C. erythrocercus. — Two species from 



North-east Africa. The former is here figured for the 



first time, and was described in Part I. 

 pi. 2. Cinnyris jugularis. — The male and female are here 



figured. 

 pi. 3. Cinnyris pectoralis. — Male and female figured. 

 pi. 4. Anthreptes simplex. — A male and female from Borneo 



are figured, as well as the female, which was the type of 



my xantliociilora, 

 pi. 5. JEthopyga nicobarica.—^The male and female are here 



figured for the first time. 

 pi. 6. uSi^thopyga saturata. — Both male and female are figured 



and described. 

 pi. 7. jEtliopyga sanguinipectus. — Both male and female are 



figured here for the first time, and fully described. 



— ^thopyga nipalensis — Fully described. 



— ^thopyga liorsfieldi — Is dealt with as fully as our present 



knowledge permits. 



— JEtliopyga siparaja. 



pi. 8. ^thopyga cara. — The male and female are figured here 

 for the first time, and the species is satisfactorily described 

 and dealt with. 



pi. 9. Arachnothera longirostra. — The male and female are here 

 figured and described. The author divides the Spider- 

 hunters into two genera : — Arachnothera, with the culmen 

 compressed into a somewhat sharp keel, and Arachnoraphisj 

 Reich., with the culmen flattened or rounded. He ob- 

 serves : " In the case of the Spider-hunters we cannot de- 

 pend upon dimensions for specific characters, as the mea- 

 surements are extremely variable in individuals of the 

 same species ; and in some instances it would appear that 

 the bill does not cease to grow after the bird has attained 



