70 SUNBIRDS. 



viz., JEthopyga, Urodrepanis, and Eudrepanis ; (these two latter 

 are represented by three species, U. Christina, Hainan, E. 

 pulcherrima, Philippines, E. Buivenbodei, Sanghir;) two be- 

 longing to the Cinnyris group, Calcostetha including a single 

 species (insignis), and Cinnyris containing 71 ; Anthreptes, 

 containing hypogramma, smgalensis, malaccensis, simplex and 

 nine others, and the Arachnothera group, containing 

 Arachnoihera , 6 species, and Arachnoraphis, 3 or 4* species. 



His large genus Cinnyris, which, I fear, will prove rather 

 unwieldy, he divides into 9 sub-groups or sub-genera ; Hermo- 

 timia, including 14 species from the Archipelago ; Nectarophila 

 (3 Indian and one Philippine species) ; orange-banded group 

 (one Philippine species, 2Ethopygajlagrans, Oustalet) ; Cyrtosto- 

 mus or olive-backed Asiatic group ; Cinnyris or dark-metallic 

 group, containing two Indian species, C. lotennius and C. asiaticus, 

 one Palestine, (C. osea) and 14 African. The four other groups 

 containing 27 species, all African. 



In the third of these groups we are specially interested, and 

 the following is Capt. Shelley's key to the 8 species that he at 

 present includes therein : — 



Olive-backed Asiatic group ; Cyrtostomus, Cab. In the males, 

 upper parts olive ; metallic parts confined to the throat, or to the 

 throat and crown. Breast yellow, orange red, or black. 

 (A. — Breast yellow). 



I. — Pectoral tufts uniform in colour 

 with the breast ; non-metallic 

 pectoral band absent or very 

 indistinct; no metallic fore- 

 head. 



(a) With a loral streak and yellow 



eyebrow. frenatus,M.\x\\. 



(b) No loral streak nor yellow 



eyebrow. jugularis, Lin. 



II. — Pectoral tufts darker than the 

 breast. 

 (a) Non-metallic pectoral band 

 very distinct. 



1. No metallic forehead. 



a. Bill shorter and weaker ; breast darker ; 



pectoral tufts chrome yellow and orange; „ .,, . p,-, ,, 



sides of metallic throat blue jlammaXlllariS, bly til. 



* 1. Arachnoraphis flaviventris ; 2. Arachnoraphis robnsta=armata , and 

 europygialis ; 3. Arachnoraphis Temmincki ; — A. crassirostris and A. vagans Capt. 

 Shelley cannot yet determine. He omits Anthodiata aa apparently not separable 

 from Anthreptes, 



