NECTARINIAD^. 



GENUS CCLXIL— NECTARINIA, Illiger. 



Rostrum elongatum, gracile, 

 trigonale, basi crassum, 

 latum, arcuatum, acutissi- 

 mum : lateribus com- 

 pressis ; mandihula su- 

 perior versus apicem sub- 

 emarginata. 



Lingua bifida, apice ciliata. 



JRemiges prima, secunda et 

 tertia longissimae, fere 

 sequales. 



Hallux gracile. 



Cauda mediocris, emarginata, 

 rectricibus duodecim. 



Beak elongated, slender, tri- 

 gonal, its base thick, broad, 

 arcuated, very acute : the 

 sides compressed : upper 

 mandible towards the tip 

 slightly notched. 



Tongue bifid, ciliated at the 

 tip. 



Firsl, second, and third quills 

 longest, and nearly equal. 



Hind-toe slender. 

 Tail moderate, forked, with 

 twelve feathers. 



C^REBA, Vieillot. 



Sp. 1. Ne. cyanea. 



Certhia cyanea. Shatv, v. viii. p.2l7.pL 32. — Certhia cyanea. 

 ShatVj V. YiiLp, 256. — Certhia cyanogaster. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 257. 

 — Certhia armillata. Shatv, v. viii. p. 217- — Cayenne. 

 Sp. 2. Ne. caerulea. 



Certhia caerulea. Shaw, v. viii. ^. 219. 

 Sp. 3. Ne. spiza. 



Certhia spiza. Shaifo, v. viii. p, 240. — Turdus micans. Lath? 

 — ^Brazil. 



Sp. 4. Ne ? sanguinea. 



Certhia sanguinea. Shatv, v. viii. p. 231. — The Sandwich 

 Islands. 



Sp. 5. Me.^ cardinalis. 



Certhia cardinalis. Shaiv, v. viii. p. 252. pi. 35. — The South 

 Sea Islands, 



