167 



Tribus Tenuirostres, Cuv. 



Fam. Cinn-^ridjE. 



Genus Cinnyris, Cuv. 



92. Cinnyris Assamensis. Cinn. nigrescens, capite supra gu- 

 Idque metallice purpiireis ; dorso et colli lateribus intense fusce- 

 scenti-rubris ; plumis ad partem dorsi posteriorem flavido termi- 

 natis ; uropygio, tectricibus caudce superioribus , rectricibusque 

 Cauda duabus intermediis metallicc purpureis ; his elongatis ; ab- 

 domine et crisso flavido lavatis : I'ostro valde incurvo, et quam 

 caput paululum longiore. 



This species is closely allied to Cinnyris Gouldi<s. 



93, Cinnyris labecula. Punicea ; guld pectoreque nitidissimis ; 

 capite, plumis scapularibus, cauddque metallice aureo viridibus ; 

 alisfuscis viridi nitentibus ; subtiis cana. 



Body three inches, tail two inches long. 



Genus Arachnothera, Terara. 



94'. Arachnothera inornata, Temm., PI. Col. LXXXIV. 



Fig. 2. 



Fam. Meliphagid^. 



Genus Chloropsis, Jard. & Selby. 



95. Chloropsis CHRYSOGASTER. Supra, viridis, nitens ; pectore 

 abdomineque ex aurantio luteis ; guld, jugulo, lateribus colli, arcu- 

 que per oculos ducto atris, conterminio arete circumscriptis; genis 

 violaceis, macula scapulari aeruginosa ; tectricibus, remigibus pri- 

 moribus, rectricibusque nigris, nitore violaceo ; pileo aureo subni- 

 tente. 



In the specimens of the female the black mark on the throat and 

 neighbouring parts is not apparent ; the spots on the chin and 

 shoulders are obscure ; but the general colour of the upper and lower 

 parts is the same as in the male. 



Genus Dictum, Cuv. 



96. Dictum erythronotum. Certhia erythronotos, Ind. Orn., 1. 290. 

 Red-backed Creeper, Lath., Gen. Hist, of Birds, IV. 241. ' Soui- 

 manga a dos rouge,' Ois. dor,, II. 57. PI. XXXV. 



