982 Mr. Blyth's Report for December Meeting, 1842. [No 143. 



yellowish, as appear also to be the legs and toes. Inhabits the Malay 

 countries. 



5. A. inornata, Tern., pi. col. 84. ; Cin. offinis, Horsfield, Lin. 

 Trans. XIII, 166 ; C. longirostris, Jerdon, Supplement to Cata- 

 logue. Length five inches and three-quarters, of which the bill to fore- 

 head measures sometimes an inch and a half, and tail about the same ; 

 wing two inches and a half to two and five-eighths, and tarse five- 

 eighths of an inch. Colour of the upper-parts olive-green more or 

 less flavescent ; the crown darker, with scale-like feathers, merely 

 green-edged : under- parts dull greenish-albescent, passing into brighter 

 pale yellow on the belly : tail-feathers slightly tipped with whitish, 

 chiefly on their inner-webs, forming a spot which is more distinct to 

 the outermost. Bill dusky above, the lower mandible whitish under- 

 neath ; and legs plumbeous. Inhabits the Malay countries, spreading 

 northward to Arracan ; and Mr. Jerdon has obtained one specimen of 

 it in the Mysore district, bordering the Neilgherries. 



6. A. longirostra, Tem. ; Certhia longirostra, Lath., Ind. Orn. 299 ; 

 Cin. longirostra, Horsfield : figured in Griffith's Edition of the JRegne 

 Animal, VII, 392. " Ashen-olive above; alar quills brown, edged with 

 olive ; caudal blackish, white-tipped ; throat and front of neck white ; 

 rest [of under-parts] clear yellow. Java." 



7. A. latirostris, Nobis. Length six inches, or nearly so ; of wing two 

 inches and seven-eighths; and middle tail-feathers an inch and three- 

 quarters, the outermost above three-eighths of an inch less: bill to 

 forehead an inch and a quarter ; being shorter and much broader than in 

 A. inornata, but tapering to its extremity, and also more curved : tarse 

 five-eighths of an inch. Upper-parts bright yellowish olive-green, the 

 lower pale ashy-green, and obscurely striated ; lower tail-coverts tipped 

 with whitish : tail more graduated than usual in this group, with a 

 subterminal dusky band, all but the medial two pairs of tail-feathers 

 having a well-defined pure white spot near the extremity of the outer 

 web, successively larger to the outermost. Bill dusky-brown above, 

 the lower mandible pale; and feet yellowish. Inhabits the vicinity of 

 Singapore. 



To conclude this notice of Indian Nectarinidce , there remains to be 

 considered the genus Dicaium. Of this there are two Indian species 

 remarkable for the absence of vivid colouring. 



