178 



Eric. Meth. ii. p. 586 (1823) ; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 29 (1828) ; id. Traite d'Om. i. p. 296. 



no. 19 (1831); Jerd. Madras Journ. xi. p. 225. no. 233 (1840). 

 Green-gold Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 237. no. 26 (1822). 



ICinnyris macassariensis, Aud. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. ii. p. 592 (1823, ex Seba, pi. 63. fig. 3). 

 Nectarinia lotenia, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 220, 263, pi. 23 (1842) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 



xii. p. 978 (1843); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 98 (1847); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. S. Bengal, 



p. 224. no. 1359 (1849); Layard, Ann. Nat. Hist. 2nd series, xii. p. 175. no. 61 (1853); 



Hartl. J. f. O. 1854, p. 165 ; Gould, B. Asia, part viii. p. 3, pi. 3 (1856). 

 Nectarinia omnicolor, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 99 (1847). 

 Arachnechthra lotenia, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 105. no. 571 (1850) ; Reichb. Handb. Scansoriae, 



p. 294. no. 690, pi. 579. figs. 3937-38 (1854) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Comp. 



ii. p. 743. no. 1084 (1856-58); Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 372. no. 235 (1862); Walden, Ibis, 



1870, p. 23; Holdsworth, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 434; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1873, p. 229; Legge, 



Ibis, 1875, p. 275. 

 Arachnothera lotenia, Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 112. no. 1382 (1869). 



cJ ad. supra saturate metallice bronzino-viridis lilacino nitens : alis saturate bruuneis, tectricibus minimis et 

 medianis scapularibusque dorso eoncoloribus : rectricibus indigotico-nigris, metallice violaceo anguste 

 lirnbatis, capitis collique lateribus metallice bronzinis dorso eoncoloribus, gutture imo violaceo lavato : 

 vitta angusta prsepectorali saturate rubra chalybeo lavata : fasciis pcctoralibus lffite flavis, vis aurautiaco 

 striatis : eorpore reliquo subtiis cum subalaribus subcaudalibusque saturate bruuneis : rostro peilibusque 

 nigris : iride saturate brunnea. 



5 ad. supra bruunea, vix olivascenti-flavo lavata : alis dorso eoncoloribus : rectricibus nigris, externis albo 

 terminatis : subtiis fulva : alis infra brunneis, remigibus intiis et subalaribus albis, his flavo lavatis. 



Hab. in insula Ceylonensi et in peninsula Indica meridionali. 



Adult Male. Upper parts deep metallic bronzy-green, shaded with lilac; wings dark brown, with the' least 

 and median series of wing-coverts and the scapulai\s of the same metallic colour as the back ; tail blue- 

 black, the feathers narrowly edged with metallic violet ; the sides of the head and neck aud the chin 

 metallic bronze like the upper parts ; the throat gradually shades iuto metallic violet towards the 

 crop, below which is a rather narrow deep-red pectoral band glossed with steel-blue; pectoral tufts 

 bright yellow, slightly streaked with orange-red; remainder of the breast, under tail-coverts, and 

 under surface of the wings dark brown ; bill and legs black ; irides dark brown. Total length 5 inches, 

 eulmen 1 - 1, wing 225, tail T55, tarsus 065. 



Adult Female. Upper parts brown, very slightly washed with olive-yellow on the edges of the feathers ; 

 wings similarly coloured ; tail black, with some of the outer feathers tipped with white ; underparts 

 buff; under surface of the wings brown, with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts white, the 

 latter tinted with yellow. Total leugth 43 inches, eulmen 09, wing 2 - 05, tail 15, tarsus 6. 



Male in moult. Similar in plumage to the adult female, but mottled all over with the more brilliant feathers 

 of the full dress. 



Hab. Ceylon aud Southern India. 



