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Many-coloured Sun-bird with the head above, nape, and back deep 

 olive-green; the shoulders and rump glossy violet; the wings 

 and cheeks olive-brown ; the throat and jugulum rust- coloured; 

 the breast and abdomen saiFron-colour ; the tail black. 



Nectarinia Javanica. Lin?i. Trans. {Horsf.) v. xiii.p. 167. 



Inhabits Java. Length four inches and a half: 

 a violet streak extends below the cheeks, from the 

 beak to the breast : the lower coverts of the wings 

 are rufous, and the quills have a yellowish margin : 

 the tail is black with a greenish lustre above, smoky 

 and pale underneath : the lustre of the upper parts 

 of the male is very bright. The female is less di- 

 versified and almost without lustre : she is dark olive- 

 green with a brownish tint above, and nearly uni- 

 formly yellow underneath : on the head and back 

 a slight resemblance to the colours of the male is 

 observable. 



Sp, 18. Ci. currucaria. 



Certhia currucaria. Skato, v. viu.p. 221. 



Sp. 19. Ci, rubi-ofusca. 



Certhia rubrofusca. Shaw, v. viii. p. 222. 



Sp. 20. Ci. fuliginosa. 



Certhia fuliginosa. Shaw, v. viii. p. 222. 



Sp. 21. Ci. maculata. 



Certhia maculata. Shaw, v. viii. p. 223. 



Sp. 22. Ci ? rectirostris. 

 ■ Certhia rectirostris. Shaw, v. viii. p. 246. 



Sp. 23. Ci. venusta. 



Certhia venusta. Shaw, v. viii. p. 287. 



Sp. 24. Ci? gutturalis. 



Certhia gutturalis, Shaw, v. viii, p. 255. pi. 36. 



Sp. 25. Ci. longirostra. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v.xiii.p. 167.— 

 Certhia longirostra. Shaw, v. viii. p. 270. — Nectarinia longi- 

 rostra. Tettim. PL Col. 84. y. 1. 



