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NECTARINIAD.E. 



GENUS CCLXII.— NECTARINIA, IlHger. 



Rostrum elongatum, gracile, 

 trigonale, basi crassum, 

 latum, arcuatum, acutissi- 

 naum : lateribus com- 

 pressis ; mandihula su- 

 perior versus apicem sub- 

 emarginata. 



Lingua bifida, apice ciliata. 



JRemiges prima, secunda et 

 tertia longissimae, fere 

 aequales. 



Hallux gracile. 



Cauda mediocris, emarginata, 

 rectricibus duodecim. 



CiEREBA, Vieillot. 



Beak elongated, slender, tri- 

 gonal, its base tbick, broad, 

 arcuated, very acute : the 

 sides compressed : upper 

 mandible towards the tip 

 slightly notched. 



Tongue bifid, ciliated at the 



tip. 

 Firsts second, and third quills 



longest, and nearly equal. 



Hind-toe slender. 

 Tail moderate, forked, with 

 twelve feathers. 



Sp. 1. Ne. cyanea. 



Certhia cyanea. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 2\7 .pi- 32. — Certhia cyanea. 

 Shaw, V. viii.^. 256. — Certhia cyanogaster. Shatv, v. viii. p. 2.57. 

 — Certhia armillata. Shaiv, v. viii. jj. 217. — Cayenne. 



Sp. 2. Ne. cserulea. 



Certhia caerulea. Shatv, v. viii. p. 219. 



Sp. 3. Ne. spiza. 



Certhia spiza. Shatv, v. viii. p. 240. — Turdus micans. Lath? 

 — Brazil. 



Sp. 4. Ne ? sanguinea. 



Certhia sanguinea. Shatv, v, viii. p. 231. — The Sandwich 

 Islands. 



Sp. 5. Me? cardinalis. 



Certhia cardinalis. Shato, v. viii. p. 252. ;)/. 35.— Tlic South 

 Sea Islands. 



