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ther noticed in XIV, 557. The Society has now eight species of this 

 genus, a revision of which has become necessary. 



1. A. magna, (Hodgson) : vide XII, 981. Hab. Nepal, Assam, and 

 Arracan. 



2. A. flavigaster, (Eyton) : vide XIV, 557. Malacca. 



3. A. chrysogenys, Tern., vide XV, 981. Malay countries. This and 

 the preceding species are allied, but differ much in size : and A. flavi- 

 gaster has a broad circle of yellow feathers surrounding the eye, in ad- 

 dition to the ear-tuft ; whereas A. chrysogenys is naked under the eye, 

 and has a semi-circle of yellow feathers above it. 



4. A. inornata, Tern, (nee apud nos, XII, 982) : Cinnyris affinis, 

 Horsfield. Closely allied to the next, but larger, of a brighter and more 

 yellowish green above, the under-parts greyer, and marked more decid- 

 edly (especially on the breast) with a dark central streak to each fea- 

 ther. Inhabits Java. 



5. A. modesta, (Eyton) : A. latirostris, nobis, vide XII, 982. Malacca. 



6. A. ? Temminck. Allied to the next, but much larger ; 



the throat and breast dull albescent-green, with an obscure central dusky 

 streak to each feather ; belly and lower tail-coverts pale yellow ; and a tuft 

 of orange- yellow feathers on each side of the lower breast, ordinarily 

 concealed beneath the wing. Length of wing three inches and a quarter ; 

 of tail two and a quarter ; and bill to forehead two inches. From Java. 



7. A. longirostra, (Lath.) Smaller than the last, with the same pec- 

 toral tufts under each wing ; but the throat and fore-neck are spotless 

 clear dull white, and the abdomen is much deeper yellow. Also from 

 Java. 



8. A. affinis, nobis; A. inornata, apud nos. XII, 982. Very like the 

 last, but always smaller, and duller- coloured ; the abdomen of a weaker 

 and greener yellow, and rarely a trace (and at most a very slight one) 

 of the orange pectoral tufts. Inhabits the Eastern coast of the Bay of 

 Bengal, from Arracan to Malacca ; and Mr. Jerdon obtained a single 

 specimen of it in the Mysore district, bordering the Neilgherries. 



Respecting the other genera of this group, I have little now to add : 

 the Nectarinice are treated of in XII, 969, et seq., and XIV, 557 * ; and 



* Nectarinia tnalaccensis, (Scop.), lepida, (Lath.), &m\javunica, Horsf'., refer to 

 the same species. 



