CINNYRID^. ^35 



wedged ; its two middle feathers considerably ex- 

 ceeding the rest in length, and all of them being of 

 a deep metallic-violet ; of which colour the rump 

 and part of the head are tinged : the middle of the 

 belly is beautiful grey, and the rest of the under 

 parts are white : the beak and the legs are brown- 

 red. 



Sp. 35. Ci. pectoralis. 



Ci. supra viridi-olivacea, Jronte guld jugulo pectoreque cyaneo- 

 nigris nitentibus ; abdomine Jlavo ; remigibus Juschs Jiavescente 

 marginatis ; rectricibus atriSfJhscid terminali albd. 



Sunbird above olive-green, with the forehead^ throat, jugulum, 

 and breast glossy blue-black ; the abdomen yellow ; the quills 

 brown, edged with yellowish ; the tail-feathers dark coloured, 

 with a terminal white band. 



Nectarinia pectoralis. Linn. Trans. (Horsf.) v. xiii. p. 167. — 

 Nectarinia eximia. Temm. PI. Col. 138. J". 1. and 2. — 

 Pectoral Creeper. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iv.p. 266. 



Inhabits Java. Length three inches and a half: 

 plumage above olive-green j forehead, chin, throat, 

 and breast, glossy blue-bkck : belly yellow : quills 

 brown, with yellowish margins : tail black, with a 

 white tip ; the interior feathers terminated with a 

 narrow band of white, which on the exterior ones 

 successively becomes wider. The female differs from 

 the male in entirely wanting the dark blackish-blue 

 colour on the throat and breast. 



