lxii LITEEATCEE. 



No. 26. C. tabacina (ex Snuff-coloured Creeper, Lath. 1787), =Nectarinia famosa (Linn. 

 1766). d in moult. 



No. 57. C. verticalis (ex Ash-billed Creeper, Lath. 1787), = Cinnyris verticalis of this work. 



No. 60. C. lepida (nee Sparrm., ex Le Grimpereau de Malacca, Sonn. 1782), =Anthreptes 

 malaccensis (Scop. 1786). 



No. 62. C. cirrhata (ex Tufted Creeper, Lath. 1787), = probably Cinnyris zenobia, Less. 1826. 



No. 64. C. chrysoptera (ex Yellow-tvinged Creeper, Lath. 1787), = Cinnyris asiaticus (Lath, 

 torn. cit.). 



No. 65. C. longirostra (ex Long-billed Creeper, Lath. 1787), = Arachnothera longirostra of 

 this work. 



1700-1813. Shaw, George, and Nodder, Frederick P. Vivarium Naturge, or Naturalist's 

 Miscellany. 24 vols. (Svo.) 

 Certhi a famosa, Linn., is figured (vol. i, pi. 19). 

 Saffron Creeper (vol. vi, pi. 210) = Anthobaphes violacea (Linn.). 



Certhia venusta, sp. n., from Sierra Leone (vol. x, pi. 309), — Cinnyris venustus of this work. 

 Certhia chalybea, Linn. (torn. cit. pi. 381). 

 Certhia gutturalis, Linn. (vol. xix, pi. 797). 



1801. Latham, Dr. J. General Synopsis of Birds, 2nd Supplement (4to), pp. clviii-clxiv. 

 The following three additional species of Sun-birds are described : — 

 No. 18. Crimson-bellied Creeper, =probably Cinnyris splendidus (Shaw, 1811). 

 No. 19. Leona Creeper, = Cinnyris venustus (Shaw, 1799). 

 No. 20. Mahratta Creeper, = Cinnyris asiaticus (Lath. 1790). 



1801. Latham, Dr. J. Index Ornithologicus, Supplement (4to), vol. ii, pp. xxxv, xxxvi. 

 The first three species of Certhia here enumerated are Sun-birds : — 



No. 1. Certhia coccinigastra (ex Crimson-bellied Creeper, Lath. 1801). This is probably the 

 same as Cinnyris splendidus (Shaw, 1811), which latter title I prefer to retain for this species, as 

 Latham's description is not quite conclusive, and might apply also to Cinnyris johannce (Verr. 

 1851). 



No. 3. Certhia mahrattensis (ex Mahratta Creeper, Lath. 1801), = Cinnyris asiaticus, Lath. 

 1790. 



1802. Audebert, J. B., and Vieillot, L. P. Oiseaux dores ou a reflets metalliques (folio, 

 Paris), vol. ii. 



This is a monograph of the family ; but only French names are given to the species. The 

 figures are generally very good ; and hence there is no difficulty in recognizing the specific names 

 which have been founded on them by subsequent authors. It also affords us an idea of the 

 number of species of Sun-birds known to science at the beginning of our century. They appear 

 to have been nineteen in number, to which the present authors add the following eight : — 



Eclatant, =Cinnyris splendidus (Shaw, 1811). 



Soui-ininiija a front dore, —Cinnyris amethystiuus (Shaw, 1811). 



Soui-manga Carmelite, = Cinnyris fuliginosus (Shaw, 1811). 



