CINNYEIS ZENOBIA. 



(BLACK-BREASTED OLIVE-BACKED SUN-BIRD.) 



\Tuftecl Creeper, Lath. Syn. Suppl. p. 132, no. 57 (1787) ; id. Gen. Hist. B. iv, p. 251, no. 46 



(1822). 

 \Certhia cirrhata, Lath. Ind. Orn. i, p. 299, no. 62 (1790); Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii, p. 271 



(1811); Bechst. Kurze Uebers. p. 189, no. 63 (1812). 

 1 Soui-manga a touffes jaunes, Aud. et Vieill. Ois. Dor. ii, p. 65 (1802). 

 %Cinnyris cirrhatus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxi, p. 495 (1819) ; Bonn, et Vieill. Enc. 



Meth. ii, p. 599 (1823); Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 29 (1828). 

 Cinnyris zenobia, Less. Voy. Coq. Zool. i, p. 670, no. 104, pi. 30, fig. 3 (1826); Bp. Consp. 



Av. i, p. 409, no. 50 (1850) ; Rosenb. J. f. O. 1864, p. 193, part. 

 Cinnyris dementias, Less. Diet. Sc. Nat. i, p. 18 (1827) ; id. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 40 (1828). 

 XNectarinia cirrhata, Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv, p. 509 (1829). 

 Nectarinia dementias, Drapiez, torn. cit. p. 510. 

 Nedarinia zenobia, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, p. 272 (1842); S. Miill. & Schl. Verhand. 



Zool. Aves, p. 60 (1846) ; Gray, Gen. B. i, p. 98 (1847) ; id. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 173, 1860, 



p. 348, part., 1861, p. 433, part.; Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 32; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, 



p. 163 (1865, part.). 

 Chalcostetha zenobia, Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 286, no. 663, pi. 572, fig. 3900 (1854). 

 iNedarinia Solaris, Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 348. 

 Arachnothera zenobia, Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 110, no. 1361 (1869). 

 Aradinedithra zenobia, Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 30. 

 Cyrtostomus zenobia, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, viii, p. 379 (1876) ; id. Atti R. Ace. 



Torino, xii, p. 319 (1877). 



3 ad. supra olivascenti-flavus : tectricibus alarum brunneis, extus olivascenti-fiavo marginatis : rectricibus 

 nigris, anguste metallice viridi limbatis, exterioribus albido terminatis : gutture toto et prsepectore 

 metallice violaceis, vitti lata mystacali viridescenti-chalybea ad latera juguli producta : corpore reliquo 

 subtus velutino-uigro violaceo lavato : fasciis pectoralibus laete flavis : subalaribus et remigibus infra 

 brunneis, his intus albido vel pallidiore bruuneo marginatis : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride saturate 

 brunnea. 



2 ad. rnari dissimilis, haud metallica : supr& olivasceuti-flava : alis saturate brunneis, plumis dorsi colore 

 limbatis : rectricibus nigris, exterioribus albo terminatis : vitta superciliari flavida : plumis anteocu- 

 laribus et regione parotica satui-ate brunneis : corpore subtus flavo, gula, pallidiore. 



Hab. in insulis Moluccanis. 



Adult Male. Upper parts olive-yellow ; wings dark brown, the least and median series of coverts olive- 

 yellow like the back, and the remainder of the feathers edged with that colour ; tail black, the feathers 



