lxxiv LITEEATUEE. 



The illustrations are good, and comprise the following important figures : — 

 Plate 8, fig. 1. Nectarinia f re nata, Mull. 



„ fig. 2. N. temminckii, Mull. 



„ fig. 3. N. hypogrammicd, Mull. 



„ fig. 4. N. simplex, Mull. 

 Plate 9, fig. 1, 2. Nest and egg of Nectarinia mystacalis, Temm. 



„ fig. 2, 2. Nest and egg of N. peetoralis, Temm., = Chalcostetha insignia (Jard.). 

 Plate 11, fig. 1. Araclinothera robusta, sp. n. 



,, fig. 2. A. armata, sp. n. (vide antea). 



L847. Blvtii, Edward. Critical Remarks upon Mr. J. E. Gray's published Catalogue of the 

 Specimens of Mammalia and Birds presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., to the British 

 Museum. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx, p. 316. 



1847. Blyth, Edward. Notices and Descriptions of vai"ious new and little-known Species of 

 Birds. J. A. S. B. vol. xvi (1847), p. 472. 



1847. Gray, G. R., and Mitchell, D. G. Genera of Birds (small folio, 1847), vol. i, pp. 97-99. 



The family of Sun-birds, as I have restricted it, is here treated of as a portion of the sub- 

 family Promeropinse, of which the following genera are recognized — Drcpanis, Moho, Promerops, 

 Nectarinia, Araclinothera, and Dicamm. 



One hundred species are placed in the genus Nectarinia, and nine in Araclinothera. Of 

 these the following three are probably fictitious: — 8, N. pusilla, Vieill. ; 27, N. cardinalis, Vieill.; 

 31, N. cenea, Vieill., — all founded on Levaillant's figures. 



The following nine do not belong to our family : — 39, W. melanura ; 43, N. olivacea ; 

 46, N. eques ; 74, N. frontalis ; 80, N. erythrorhynchos ; 83, N. amboinensis ; 85, N parietum ; 

 100, N melasoma; and 9, Araclinothera novas-guinea*. 



Three 1 fail to determine: — S2, A r . manillensis (ex Certhia manillensis, Gm. 1788); 90, X. 

 indica (ex Certhia indica, Gm. 1788) ; 93, N. nigrescens, Vieill. 1823. 



One species is new, and figured, pi. 35 : but no description is given. 



Araclinothera uropygialis, sp. n., = Arachnoraphis robusta (Mull. & Schl. 1846). 



1847. Shaw, George, and Nodder, E. Naturalist's Miscellany, vol. xx (18471), pis. 837, 865. 

 Plate 837. Certhia erythrogastra, sp. n., =Cinnyris afer (Linn. 1766). 



1848. Allen, Captain William, and Thomson, T. R. H. A Narrative of the Expedition sent 

 by Her Majesty's Government to the River Niger in 1841, under the command of Captain 

 H. D. Trotter, R.N. 2 vols. 8vo. 



Some remarks upon Sun-birds are to be found in vol. i, p. 250 ; vol. ii, pp. 221, 222 ; App. 

 pp. 501-503. 



1848. Ferret et Galinier. Voyage en Abyssinie (Svo, and folio Atlas, Paris, 1847-48), vol. iii, 

 p. 248. 



