CLASSIFICATION. 



XXV 



8. Chalcostetha. 

 Chalcostetha, Cab. Mus. Hem. i. p. 103 (1850) . . 



Type. 

 C. insignia. 



Membrane covering the nostrils feathered. Tail rather long, strongly and evenly graduated ; 

 two centre feathers of the same form as the others, and but slightly longer than the next pair. 

 No loose downy feathers on the sides of the back. Pectoral tufts yellow. 



Bange. Malay region. 



Page 87. Chalcostetha insignis. Add:— 

 Nectarinia pectoralis, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv, p. 513 (1829). 

 Anthreptes chalcostetha, Lich. Nomencl. Av. Mus. Berol. p. 56 (1854). 

 Chalcostetha pectoralis, Bp. Comptes Rendus, 1854, p. 265. 

 Chalcostetha insignis, Hume, Str. F. iii, p. 319 (1875); Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 17 ; Tweedd. 



torn. cit. p. 302 ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 621 ; Hume & Davison, Str. F. vi. p. 183 (1878) ; 



Sharpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 260; id. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 342. 

 Nectarinia insignis, Bragg. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, v, p. 465. 



According to Messrs. Hume and Davison it is " a rare straggler to the extreme south of the 

 province of Tenasserim, but perhaps extending somewhat further north amongst the islands of 

 the Mergui archipelago. We only procured a single pair of this species in Tenasserim, a male 

 at Malewoon, in April, a female at Patoe Island, in the Mergui harbour, in November." 



Mr. E. C. Buxton procured it at Lampong, in South-eastern Sumatra. 



In Borneo, according to Mr. Treacher, its native name is " Suit Tongjong." 



In January 1878 Mr. Everett collected an adult male at Puerto Princesa, on the island of 

 Palawan, thus extending its range to the Philippine Islands. The late Marquis of Tweeddale 

 kindly lent me this very fine specimen to examine ; it measures — total length 5T inches, culmen 

 0'7, wing 2"35, tail 2 - 05, tarsus 0'6. It is perfectly identical in plumage with Malacca specimens. 



9. Cinnyeis. 



Cinnyris, Cuv. Regne Anim. i. p. 412 (1817) 

 Leptocoma, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 104 (1850) 

 Cyrtostomus, Cab. torn. cit. p. 105 . . . 

 Arachnechthra, Cab. torn. cit. p. 105 . 

 Chalcomitra, Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 

 Nectarophila, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 280 

 Chromatophora, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 283 . 

 Aidemonia, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 284 . . 

 Angaladiana, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 285 

 Hermotirnia, Reich, torn. cit. p. 285 . 

 Cyanomitra, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 291 . 

 Elceocerthia, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 291 . 

 Carmelita, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 296 . . 

 Leucochloridia, Reichb. torn. cit. p. 312 . 

 Adelinus, Bp. Compt. Rend. 1854, p. 265 



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Type. 

 C. splendidus. 

 C. hasselti. 

 C. jugular is. 

 C. lotenius. 

 C. amethystinus. 

 C. hasselti. 

 C. superbus. 

 C. cupreus. 

 C. notatus. 

 C. aspasice. 

 C. verticalis d . 

 C. verreauxi. 

 C. fuliginosus. 

 C. verticalis $ . 

 C. verreauxi. 

 d 



